Meaning

10 senses
  1. (intransitive)To descend, fall down, collapse.

    A tree came down and hit me on the head.

    After a clap of thunder, down came the rain.

    herunterkommen

    спуска́тьсяspuskátʹsja, спусти́тьсяspustítʹsja, па́датьpádatʹ

    fall from clouds

  2. (intransitive)To be demolished.

    The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down.

  3. (intransitive)To decrease.

    Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.

  4. (intransitive)To reach or release a decision.

    I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.

    The decision in Doe v. Smith came down this morning.

  5. (intransitive)To be passed through time.

    Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.

  6. (idiomatic, intransitive)To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.

    He finally came down from his post-bonus high.

  7. (UK, impersonal)To rain.

    It's coming down heavily now.

  8. (UK, intransitive)To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.

  9. Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.

  10. (intransitive, slang)To behave in a particular way.

    He's been coming down angry all day.

Examples

379 sentences
  1. The price of coffee has come down.

    Ціна на каву впала.

    ruЦена на кофе упала.

    deDer Kaffeepreis ist gefallen.

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  2. She was coming down the stairs.

    Вона спускалася по сходах.

    ruОна спускалась по лестнице.

    deSie kam die Treppe herunter.

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  3. Come down here.

    Спускайся сюди.

    ruСпускайся сюда.

    deKomme hier herunter!

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  4. Come sit down.

    Йди-но сідай.

    deKomm, setz dich.

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  5. Are you coming down?

    Ти спускаєшся?

    ruТы спускаешься?

    deKommst du herunter?

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
descend, fall:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
descend, fall:

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personscame down

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come down

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcomedown

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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