Meaning

18 senses
  1. To enter.

    Please come in and look around.

    Come in, it's cold outside.

  2. To arrive.

    That flight just came in.

  3. To become relevant, applicable, or useful.

    The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in.

    ins Spiel kommen

    вступа́тьvstupátʹ, вступи́тьvstupítʹ

  4. To become available.

    Blueberries will be coming in next month.

    come into fashion; become fashionable

  5. To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.

    Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here.

  6. To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.

    They started together, but the drummer came in late.

  7. (informal)To enter a plan or group; to join in.

    Near-synonym: come across

  8. To surrender; to turn oneself in.

    Near-synonym: come across

    to come in from the cold

  9. (intransitive)To yield or surrender.

  10. (imperative, often)To begin transmitting.

    This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me?

  11. To function in the indicated manner.

    Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out.

  12. To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.

    The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race.

Examples

1830 sentences
  1. Please knock before you come in.

    Будь ласка, стукайте перед тим, як увійти.

    ruПожалуйста, стучите, прежде чем войти.

    deKlopfen Sie bitte vor dem Eintreten.

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  2. He will come in a moment.

    Він зараз прийде.

    ruОн сейчас придёт.

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  3. I didn't hear you come in.

    Я не чув, як ти ввійшов.

    ruЯ не слышал, как ты вошла.

    deIch habe Sie nicht hereinkommen gehört.

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  4. Excuse me, may I come in?

    Перепрошую, можна ввійти?

    deVerzeihen Sie, kann ich reinkommen?

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  5. I was told to come in.

    Мені сказали ввійти.

    ruМне сказали зайти.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to become relevant, applicable or useful:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to become relevant, applicable or useful:

Origin

From Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”

From Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming.

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Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personscame in

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come in

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

17 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgo in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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