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comes

co·mes
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [koh-meez]
    • /ˈkoʊ miz/
    • /kʌm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [koh-meez]
    • /ˈkoʊ miz/

Definitions of comes word

  • noun plural comes Astronomy. companion1 (def 6). 1
  • noun plural comes Anatomy. a blood vessel accompanying another vessel or a nerve. 1
  • verb without object comes to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer! 1
  • verb without object comes to arrive by movement or in the course of progress: The train from Boston is coming. 1
  • verb without object comes to approach or arrive in time, in succession, etc.: Christmas comes once a year. I'll come to your question next. 1
  • verb without object comes to move into view; appear. 1

Information block about the term

Origin of comes

First appearance:

before 1675
One of the 48% oldest English words
1675-85; < Latin: traveling companion, probably < *com-it-s, equivalent to com- com- + -it- noun derivative of īre to go + -s nominative singular ending

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Comes

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

comes popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% 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".

comes usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with comes

  • what goes around comes around?
  • what comes after trillion?
  • what comes on tv tonight?
  • when your jam comes on?
  • what goes up and never comes down?
  • what goes up when rain comes down?
  • what comes on tonight?
  • what comes after a trillion?
  • where did aids comes from?
  • when fascism comes to america?
  • i love it when a plan comes together?
  • when johnny comes marching home?
  • when the enemy comes in like a flood?
  • what comes around goes around?
  • when the man comes around?

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