come

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 See also 1.6 Preposition 2 Galician 2.1 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Adverb 3.3.1 Derived terms 3.4 Conjunction 4 Portuguese 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Verb 5 Spanish 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Pronunciation 5.3 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

Old English cuman from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Cognates include Sanskrit गच्छति (gácchati), Ancient Greek βαίνω (bainō), Latin veniō, German kommen, Swedish komma.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: kŭm, IPA: /kʌm/, SAMPA: /kVm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌm
• Homophones: cum

[edit] Verb

to come (third-person singular simple present comes, present participle coming or (archaic) come, simple past came, past participle come)

1. (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.

   She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...

2. (intransitive) To arrive

   The guests came at eight o'clock.

3. (intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.

   The pain in his leg comes and goes.

4. (intransitive) To precede in sequence.

   Which letter comes before Y?

   Winter comes before spring.

5. (intransitive) (slang) Alternative spelling of cum. To achieve orgasm.

   He came after a few minutes.

6. (copulative, figuratively) (with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.

   They came very close to leaving on time.

   His test scores came close to perfect.

7. (figuratively) (with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.

   He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.

8. (copulative, archaic) To become, to turn out to be.

   He was a dream come true.

[edit] Antonyms

• leave, go

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• cam'st
• kingdom come

[edit] Noun

come (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.
   • 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:

     “If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art, and must go to the women.”

2. (slang) Semen, or female ejaculatory discharge.

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• cum

[edit] Preposition

come

1. when an event has occurred or a time has arrived

   Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoctions to offer your guests.

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come

1. third-person singular present indicative of comer.
2. second-person singular imperative of comer.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkome]

[edit] Etymology

From Latin quomodo + et. Cognate to French comme. See also Spanish como/cómo and Catalan com.

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come

1. how

   Come stai? (informal)

   How are you?

   Come sta? (formal)

   How are you?

2. as, like

   Blu come il mare,

   As blue as the sea.

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• come mai
• come se

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come

1. as soon as

   Come arrivò... - As soon as he arrived...

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧me

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come

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of verb comer.
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of verb comer.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin comede (imperative), comedit (present).

[edit] Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /"kome/

[edit] Verb

come (infinitive: comer)

1. third person singular present tense of comer 'to eat'
2. second person singular imperative of comer