come
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See also Côme
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[edit] English
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| old | came | men | #107: come | without | make | def |
[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.
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[edit] Noun
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come (uncountable) (also cum)
- (slang) semen or female ejaculatory discharge.
[edit] Usage notes
This spelling (for this meaning) is extremely rare, in comparison to the homophone cum.
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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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- 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)
- (intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
- She'll be coming 'round the mountain when she comes...
- (intransitive) (slang) Alternative spelling of cum. To orgasm.
- He came after a few minutes.
- (intransitive, construed with at) To attack.
- She came at him with a knife.
- (intransitive, construed with by) To get one's hands on.
- A four-leaf clover is difficult to come by.
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To move from further away to nearer to
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To orgasm
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[edit] Italian
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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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Latin comede (imperative), comedit (present).
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- SAMPA /"kome/
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come
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