come
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See also Côme
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Old English cuman from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-. Cognates include Sanskrit गच्छति (gácchati), Ancient Greek βαίνω (bainō), Latin veniō, German kommen, Swedish komma.
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to come (third-person singular simple present comes, present participle coming or (archaic) come, simple past came, past participle come)
- (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
- She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...
- (intransitive) To arrive, to appear.
- The guests came at eight o'clock.
- (intransitive) To precede in sequence.
- Which letter comes before Y?
- Winter comes before spring.
- (intransitive) (slang) Alternative spelling of cum. To achieve orgasm.
- He came after a few minutes.
- (copulative) To become.
- He was a dream come true.
- (copulative) To turn out to be.
- They came close to winning.
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terms derived from come (verb)
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to move from further away to nearer to
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to orgasm
to become
to turn out to be
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come (uncountable)
- (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.”
- 1869, RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone, II:
- (slang) Semen, or female ejaculatory discharge.
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come
- 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
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- IPA: [ˈkome]
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come
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come
- as soon as
- Come arrivò... - As soon as he arrived...
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- Hyphenation: co‧me
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come
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of verb comer.
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of verb comer.
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Latin comede (imperative), comedit (present).
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- SAMPA: /"kome/
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come
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