Definition: come
come
v 1: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach
something or somebody; "He came singing down the road";
"Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come
out of the closet!"; "come into the room" [syn: come up]
[ant: go]
2: reach a destination; arrive by movement or by making
progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "He got into
college"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
[syn: arrive, get] [ant: leave]
3: come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success
came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes
early in June"
4: reach a state, relation, or condition; "The water came to a
boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life";
"Their anger came to a boil"; " I came to realize the true
meaning of life"
5: to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine";
"Understanding comes from experience" [syn: follow]
6: enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He
came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came
untied"; "I came to see his point of view"; "her face
went red with anger"; "The knot came loose"; "Your wish
will come true"
7: be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors;
The furniture comes unassembled"
8: come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His
breath came hard" [syn: issue forth]
9: be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" [syn: hail]
10: extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The
sleeves come to your knuckles"
11: exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came
the student from France"
12: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for
example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble
family"; "he comes from humble origins" [syn: derive, descend]
13: cover a certain distance: "She came a long way"
14: come under, be classified or included; "fall into a
category"; "This comes under a new heading" [syn: fall]
15: happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"
16: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to
$2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number,
add up, amount]
17: develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything";
"nothing came of his grandiose plans" [syn: add up, amount]
18: be received, as of news on the radio or television; "News
came in of the massacre in Rwanda" [syn: come in]
19: come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that
we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then
came to her" [syn: occur]
20: proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"
"How are you making out in graduate school?" "He's come a
long way" [syn: do, fare, make out, get along]
21: experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too
upset"
22: have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Come \Come\, v. i. [imp. Came; p. p. Come; p. pr & vb. n. Coming.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS. kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam. [root]23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.] 1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go. Look, who comes yonder? --Shak. I did not come to curse thee. --Tennyson. 2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive. When we came to Rome. --Acts xxviii. 16. Lately come from Italy. --Acts xviii. 2. 3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance. ``Thy kingdom come.'' --Matt. vi. 10. The hour is coming, and now is. --John. v. 25. So quick bright things come to confusion. --Shak. 4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another. From whence come wars? --James iv. 1. Both riches and honor come of thee ! --1 Chron. xxix. 12. 5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear. Then butter does refuse to come. --Hudibras. 6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied. How come you thus estranged? --Shak. How come her eyes so bright? --Shak. Note: Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives a clearer adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb. Think not that I am come to destroy. --Matt. v. 17. We are come off like Romans. --Shak. The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year. --Bryant. Note: Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall come home next week; he will come to your house to-day. It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary, indicative of approach to the action or state expressed by the verb; as, how came you to do it? Come is used colloquially, with reference to a definite future time approaching, without an auxiliary; as, it will be two years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall come. They were cried In meeting, come next Sunday. --Lowell. Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go. ``This is the heir; come, let us kill him.'' --Matt. xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. ``Come, come, no time for lamentation now.'' --Milton. To come, yet to arrive, future. ``In times to come.'' --Dryden. ``There's pippins and cheese to come.'' --Shak. To come about. (a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as, how did these things come about? (b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. ``The wind is come about.'' --Shak. On better thoughts, and my urged reasons, They are come about, and won to the true side. --B. Jonson. To come abroad. (a) To move or be away from one's home or country. ``Am come abroad to see the world.'' --Shak. (b) To become public or known. [Obs.] ``Neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad.'' --Mark. iv. 22. To come across, to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. ``We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars.'' --E. A. Freeman. ``Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across.'' --H. R. Haweis. To come after. (a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book. To come again, to return. ``His spirit came again and he revived.'' --Judges. xv. 19. - To come and go. (a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. ``The color of the king doth come and go.'' --Shak. (b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward. To come at. (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with fury. To come away, to part or depart. To come between, to intervene; to separate; hence, to cause estrangement. To come by. (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. ``Examine how you came by all your state.'' --Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of. To come down. (a) To descend. (b) To be humbled. To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand. [Colloq.] --Dickens. To come home. (a) To return to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason. (c) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; -- said of an anchor. To come in. (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. ``The thief cometh in.'' --Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. ``We need not fear his coming in'' --Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. ``Silken garments did not come in till late.'' --Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. --Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] To come in for, to claim or receive. ``The rest came in for subsidies.'' --Swift. To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme. To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] To come near or nigh, to approach in place or quality; to be equal to. ``Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it.'' --Sir W. Temple. To come of. (a) To descend or spring from. ``Of Priam's royal race my mother came.'' --Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. ``This comes of judging by the eye.'' --L'Estrange. To come off. (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come-off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.] (e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.] (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. --Chaucer. To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] ``To come off by the worst.'' --Calamy. To come off from, to leave. ``To come off from these grave disquisitions.'' --Felton. To come on. (a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene. To come out. (a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. ``They shall come out with great substance.'' --Gen. xv. 14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. ``It is indeed come out at last.'' --Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out? he has come out well at last. (d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out. (f) To take sides; to take a stand; as, he came out against the tariff.
Come \Come\, v. t. To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here. [Slang] To come it, to succeed in a trick of any sort. [Slang]
Come \Come\, n. Coming. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
