Meaning

25 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move nearer to the point of perspective.

    She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]

  2. To move nearer to the point of perspective.

    (intransitive)To move toward the speaker.

    I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.

    Stop dawdling and come here!

    move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

  3. (intransitive)To move toward the listener.

    Hold on, I'll come in a second.

    You should ask the doctor to come to your house.

  4. (intransitive)To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.

    No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.

    Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.

  5. (intransitive)To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.

    King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.

    He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.

  6. (intransitive)To move toward an unstated agent.

    The butler should come when called.

  7. (intransitive)To arrive.

    kommen, ankommen

    прибыва́тьpribyvátʹ, прибы́тьpribýtʹ

    дохо́дитиdoxódyty, дійти́dijtý, доїжджа́тиdojiždžáty

    come to pass; arrive, as in due course

  8. (intransitive)To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.

    The pain in his leg comes and goes.

    The news came as a shock.

  9. To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).

    We came to believe that he was not so innocent after all.

    She came to think of that country as her home.

    have a certain priority

  10. To do something by chance or unintentionally.

    Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?

  11. (intransitive)To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.

    Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn.

  12. (intransitive, often, slang, vulgar)To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

    She came after a few minutes.

    Come in me!

    kommen

    конча́тьkončátʹ, ко́нчитьkónčitʹ, спусти́тьspustítʹ

    experience orgasm

Examples

34924 sentences
  1. Why aren't you coming with us?

    Чому ти не йдеш з нами?

    ruПочему ты не идёшь с нами?

    deWieso kommst du nicht mit uns?

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  2. You have to come with me.

    Ти маєш піти зі мною.

    ruТы должен пойти со мной.

    deSie müssen mit mir kommen.

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  3. What have you come here for?

    Навіщо ти сюди прийшов?

    ruЗачем ты сюда пришёл?

    deWarum bist du hierher gekommen?

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  4. When did you come to Japan?

    Коли ти приїхав до Японії?

    ruКогда ты прилетел в Японию?

    deWann bist du nach Japan gekommen?

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  5. Your parents didn't come, did they?

    Твої ж батьки не приїхали?

    ruТвои родители не пришли, не так ли?

    deDeine Eltern sind nicht gekommen, nicht wahr?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to move nearer:
to arrive, to appear:
Русский
By meaning 5
to move nearer:
to arrive, to appear:
to orgasm:
to become:
to turn out to be:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to move nearer:
to arrive, to appear:

Origin

From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman

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”).

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Forms

comes, coming, came, come
Base formcome · to come
3rd person singularcomes
Present participlecoming
Past simplecame
Past participlecome / comen

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycome
he, she, itcomes

Past simpleLesson

all personscame

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave come
he, she, ithas come

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody:come up
  • be received:come in
  • to be the product or result:follow
  • to measure up to in kind or quality:add upamount

Antonyms

7 antonyms

Word family

113 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • came came
  • coming coming
  • is coming coming
  • came came to
  • come back
  • came came here
  • coming coming back
  • coming coming to
  • came came back
  • to come back
  • came came home
  • want to come

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
come — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto