come to a head

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [kuhm too ey hed]
- /kʌm tu eɪ hɛd/
- /kʌm tuː ə hed/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kuhm too ey hed]
- /kʌm tu eɪ hɛd/

Definitions of come to a head words

noun come to a head to be about to discharge pus 3
noun come to a head to culminate, or reach a crisis 3
noun come to a head the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 1
noun come to a head the corresponding part of the body in other animals. 1
noun come to a head the head considered as the center of the intellect, as of thought, memory, understanding, or emotional control; mind; brain: She has a good head for mathematics. Keep a cool head in an emergency. 1
noun come to a head the position or place of leadership, greatest authority, or honor. 1

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Origin of come to a head

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English he(v)ed, Old English hēafod; cognate with Old High German houbit, Gothic haubith; akin to Old English hafud- (in hafudland headland), Old Norse hǫfuth, Latin caput (see capital1)

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Parts of speech for Come to a head

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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come to a head popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".

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Synonyms for come to a head

verb come to a head

cap — A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
climax — The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
culminate — If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it.
finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.

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