come
(noun, verb, interjection, preposition)
interjection
1. An exclamation to express annoyance.
- Come come! Stop crying. Come now! You must eat it.
2. An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
- Come come! You can do it. Come now! It won't bite you.
noun
1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
preposition
1. Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
- Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoctions to offer your guests.
- Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
verb
1. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
- Come with me to the Casbah
- come down here!
- come out of the closet!
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
2. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
Definition categories: motion
3. come to pass; arrive, as in due course
- Dawn comes early in June
Definition categories: change, hap, happen, occur, pass
4. reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
- come into contact with a terrorist group
- your wish will come true
Definition categories: change
5. to be the product or result
- Melons come from a vine
- Understanding comes from experience
Similar word(s): follow
Definition categories: stative, arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, uprise
6. be found or available
- These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled
Definition categories: change, be, exist
7. come forth
Definition categories: stative
8. be a native of
Similar word(s): hail
Definition categories: stative, be
9. extend or reach
- The sleeves come to your knuckles
Definition categories: stative, extend, go, lead, pass, run
10. exist or occur in a certain point in a series
Definition categories: stative, be
11. cover a certain distance
Definition categories: motion, go, locomote, move, travel
12. come under, be classified or included
- This comes under a new heading
Similar word(s): fall
Definition categories: stative, be
13. happen as a result
- Nothing good will come of this
Definition categories: change, ensue, result
14. add up in number or quantity
Similar word(s): amount, number, total
Definition categories: stative, be
15. develop into
Similar word(s): amount
Definition categories: stative, become, turn
16. be received
Definition categories: motion, arrive, come, get
17. come to one's mind; suggest itself
Similar word(s): occur
Definition categories: cognition, become
18. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
- he comes from humble origins
Similar word(s): derive, descend
Definition categories: stative
19. proceed or get along
- He's come a long way
Definition categories: stative, go, proceed
20. experience orgasm
- she could not come because she was too upset
Definition categories: perception, experience, see
21. have a certain priority
- My family comes first
Definition categories: cognition, rank
Sentences with come as a verb:
- She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes […]
- I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
- Stop dawdling and come here!
- Hold on, I'll come in a second.
- You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
- No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
- Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
- The butler should come when called.
- The pain in his leg comes and goes.
- Which letter comes before Y?
- He was a dream come true.
- He's as tough as they come.
- You can't come any tricks here.
- This kind of accident comes when you are careless.
- Where did you come from?
- She comes from a good family.
- He comes from a disreputable legal firm.