come

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To move toward the speaker or to a place.

   Come here and sit down next to me.

2. 2
   verb

   To arrive at a place.

   The bus comes at eight o'clock every morning.

3. 3
   verb

   To be sold or available in a particular form.

   These shoes come in three different colors.

4. 4
   verb

   To happen as a result of something.

   Nothing good will come of this argument.

5. 5
   verb

   To have a certain place or importance in an order.

   My family always comes first.

Multiword verbs with come

• come across Phrasal verb A1

  to communicate a message or impression so that other people understand it

• come after Prepositional verb A1

  to follow something in time or in a sequence

• come apart Phrasal verb A1

  to separate into pieces or parts

• come around Phrasal verb A1

  to change an opinion and begin to agree with another view

• come before Prepositional verb A1

  to precede something in time, sequence, or position

• come off Phrasal verb A1

  to become detached from something to which it was joined

• come over Phrasal verb A1

  to visit someone at their home or another nearby place

• come under Prepositional verb A1

  to become subject to a particular action, influence, or treatment

Appears in

From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”). Cognates Cognate from Proto-Germanic with Scots cum (“to come”), Yola come, coome, cum (“to come”), North Frisian kaame, kame, keem, kem, kum, kååme, käme (“to come”), Saterland Frisian kume, kuume (“to come”), West Frisian komme (“to come”), Alemannic German cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme (“to come”), Bavarian ckeman, kemma, kemman, khemen, kumma, kumman, kèmmin (“to…

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