Meaning

5 senses
  1. To get to, especially with effort or difficulty.

    His precise meaning was not easy to come at.

  2. To attack (someone); to harass (someone); to challenge (someone) to a fight.

    As I backed away, he came at me with a knife.

  3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, transitive)To accept (a situation); to agree to do; to try.

    Nah, mate – I'm not going to come at that again. Too risky.

  4. (obsolete)To come to; to attend.

  5. (obsolete)To enter into sexual relations with; to come on to (someone).

Examples

599 sentences
  1. He came home exactly at ten.

    Він повернувся додому точно о десятій. — ascolto

    deEr ist genau um zehn nach Hause gekommen. — pne

  2. Does he come home at six?

    Він вертається додому о шостій? — Internecivus

    ruОн приходит домой в шесть? — odexed

  3. They must come here at once.

    Вони повинні прийти сюди негайно. — deniko

    ruОни должны немедленно сюда прийти. — marafon

  4. My father came home at nine.

    Батько прийшов додому о дев'ятій. — deniko

    ruМой отец приехал домой в девять. — las

    deMein Vater kam um neun nachhause. — jakov

  5. Tom comes home at around six.

    Том приходить додому біля шостої. — deniko

    ruТом приходит домой около шести. — marafon

    deTom kommt gegen sechs nach Hause. — dannylow

Translations

4 languages

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personscame at

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come at

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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