Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
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- UK Pronunciation
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- [kuhm]
- /kʌm/
- /kʌm/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kuhm]
- /kʌm/
Definitions of come word
- verb come When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there. 3
- verb come When someone comes to do something, they move to the place where someone else is in order to do it, and they do it. In British English, someone can also come and do something and in American English, someone can come do something. However, you always say that someone came and did something. 3
- verb come When you come to a place, you reach it. 3
- verb come If something comes up to a particular point or down to it, it is tall enough, deep enough, or long enough to reach that point. 3
- verb come If something comes apart or comes to pieces, it breaks into pieces. If something comes off or comes away, it becomes detached from something else. 3
- verb come You use come in expressions such as come to an end or come into operation to indicate that someone or something enters or reaches a particular state or situation. 3
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Origin of come
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English comen, Old English cuman; cognate with Dutch komen, German kommen, Gothic qiman, Old Norse koma, Latin venīre (see avenue), Greek baínein (see basis), Sanskrit gácchati (he) goes
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Come
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
come popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
come usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for come
verb come
- materialize — to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- appear — If you say that something appears to be the way you describe it, you are reporting what you believe or what you have been told, though you cannot be sure it is true.
- get — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- move — to pass from one place or position to another.
noun come
- spunk — pluck; spirit; mettle.
Antonyms for come
verb come
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- recede — to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
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