come about
To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to existTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
» He came at about four o'clock.
Er kam um etwa vier Uhr.
Он пришёл около четырёх.
Він прийшов близько четвертої години.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
We have to ask, how did this come about?
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come to pass
(intransitive)To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.
wenden, ein Wendemanöver durchführen
(intransitive)To change; to come round.
Examples
113 sentencesHe came at about four o'clock.
Він прийшов близько четвертої години. — aandrusiak
ruОн пришёл около четырёх. — sharptoothed
deEr kam um etwa vier Uhr. — cost
Tom came about 2:30.
Том прийшов приблизно о 2:30. — deniko
ruТом пришёл около 2:30. — odexed
deTom kam gegen 2:30 Uhr. — Felixjp
I came at about six.
Я прийшов приблизно о шостій. — deniko
ruЯ пришёл около шести. — marafon
deIch kam so gegen sechs Uhr. — freddy1
How did all this come about?
deWie ist das alles passiert? — al_ex_an_der
I came to talk about Tom.
ruЯ пришёл поговорить о Томе. — marafon
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Forms
comes about, coming about, came about, come about| Base form | come about · to come about |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes about |
| Present participle | coming about |
| Past simple | came about |
| Past participle | come about |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- come upпідійти, піднятисяTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- come offнатрапити, натраплятиTo become detached.
- come outпоставити, ставитиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, out.
- come onпройти, проходитиTo encounter, discover; to come upon.
- come inздаватися, кидатиTo enter.
- come downпадати, впастиTo descend, fall down, collapse.
- come backповернутисяTo return to a place.
- come overнатрапити, натраплятиTo affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
More 8
- come afterловити, полюватиTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- come aroundдорівнювати, отямитисяTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
- come throughдоставити, доставлятиTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
- come alongрозвивати, розвиватисяTo accompany.
- come aboutстатися, відбутисяTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
- come toдорівнювати, отямитисяTo recover consciousness after fainting etc.
- come acrossнатрапити, натраплятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, across.
- come byTo obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
Synonyms
11 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb