come

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Homophones 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.4 Preposition 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Derived terms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 See also 2 Italian 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Adverb 2.3.1 Derived terms 2.4 Conjunction 3 Spanish 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 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/
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• Rhymes: -ʌm

[edit] Homophones

• cum

[edit] Noun

come (uncountable) (also cum)

1. (slang) semen or female ejaculatory discharge.

[edit] Usage notes

This spelling (for this meaning) is extremely rare, in comparison to the homophone 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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• go (1)

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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) (slang) Alternative spelling of cum. To orgasm.

   He came after a few minutes.

3. (intransitive, construed with at) To attack.

   She came at him with a knife.

4. (intransitive, construed with by) To get one's hands on.

   A four-leaf clover is difficult to come by.

[edit] Derived terms

come about come across come after come along come around come back come clean come down come forward

come off come off it come on come out come short come through come true come up come into

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• cam'st
• kingdom come

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkome]

[edit] Etymology

Compare Spanish como, cómo.

[edit] Adverb

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.

[edit] Derived terms

• come mai
• come se

[edit] Conjunction

come

1. as soon as

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

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Latin comede (imperative), comedit (present).

[edit] Pronunciation

• SAMPA /"kome/

[edit] Verb

come

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