come

1. (verb) come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
Related Words: come about, fall, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

2. (verb) be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"
Related Words: be, exist

3. (verb) happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"
Related Words: ensue, result

4. (verb) reach a state, relation, or condition; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; " I came to realize the true meaning of life"
Related Words: change

5. (verb) have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
Related Words: rank

6. (verb) cover a certain distance: "She came a long way"
Related Words: go, locomote, move, travel

7. (verb) move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
Synonyms: come up
Related Words: accost, address, approach, come near, come on, come up to, draw near, emanate, go, go up, locomote, move, near, travel
Antonyms: go

8. (verb) be received, as of news on the radio or television; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
Synonyms: come in
Related Words: arrive, come, get

9. (verb) experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"
Related Words: experience, go through, undergo

10. (verb) to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
Synonyms: follow
Related Words: arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up

11. (verb) develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
Synonyms: add up, amount
Related Words: aggregate, become, turn, turn into, turn to

12. (verb) extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
Related Words: extend, go, lead, pass, run

13. (verb) enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"; "I came to see his point of view"; "her face went red with anger"; "The knot came loose"; "Your wish will come true"
Related Words: become, get, go

14. (verb) exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France"
Related Words: be

15. (verb) come from; "The present name derives from an older form"
Synonyms: derive
Related Words: evolve

16. (verb) come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we shold hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
Synonyms: occur
Related Words: become

17. (verb) come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
Synonyms: fall
Related Words: be

18. (verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
Synonyms: derive, descend

19. (verb) be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
Synonyms: hail
Related Words: be

20. (verb) come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"
Synonyms: issue forth

21. (verb) reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
Synonyms: arrive, get
Related Words: attain, bring down, come, come in, draw in, drive in, flood in, get in, hit, land, move in, plump in, pull in, put down, reach, set ashore, set down, shore

22. (verb) proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?" "How are you making out in graduate school?" "He's come a long way"
Synonyms: do, fare, get along, make out
Related Words: go, proceed

23. (verb) add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
Synonyms: add up, amount, number, total
Related Words: average, average out, be, make, outnumber



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