Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To form; to start to exist.

    Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.

    entstehen

    возника́тьvoznikátʹ, возни́кнутьvozníknutʹ

More definitions
  • be born or come into existence

Examples

54 sentences

  1. She came near being run over.

    ruОна чудом избежал наезда. — Ivanovb

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  2. Tom came near being run over.

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  3. Tom came close to being run over.

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  4. Tom came near to being run over.

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  5. Tom came really close to being killed.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
start to exist:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
start to exist:

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personscame into being

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come into being

Synonyms

22 synonyms
appearA2formB1materializeC2ariseB1becomeA1riseB1emergeB1engenderC2informB1originateB2springA1surfaceB1take shapebe born
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
ceaseB2dematerializeunexistvanishB2

Word family

2 related words
RelatedcreateA2happenA1

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
comeA1comebackcomedianB1comediccomedown
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