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.

Common collocations

• come to a stop Verb + noun
• come to an end Verb + noun
• came across Verb + adverb
• come under Verb + preposition/particle
• come across Verb + preposition/particle
• come before Verb + preposition/particle
• come after Verb + preposition/particle
• come apart Verb + adverb
• come around Verb + adverb
• come off Verb + adverb
• come over Verb + adverb

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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