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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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Infinitive
to come

Third person singular
comes

Simple past
came

Past participle
come

Present participle
coming or (archaic) come

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, to appear.
    The guests came at eight o'clock.
  3. (intransitive) To precede in sequence.
    Which letter comes before Y?
    Winter comes before spring.
  4. (intransitive) (slang) Alternative spelling of cum. To achieve orgasm.
    He came after a few minutes.
  5. (copulative) To become.
    He was a dream come true.
  6. (copulative) To turn out to be.
    They came close to winning.

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Singular
come

Plural
uncountable

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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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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  • IPA: [ˈkome]

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Compare Spanish como, cómo.

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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

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

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  • 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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Latin comede (imperative), comedit (present).

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come

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