come round
To change directionTo change direction.
» He comes round once a week.
Er kommt einmal in der Woche vorbei.
Он приходит раз в неделю.
Meaning
5 sensesTo change direction.
umdrehen, wenden, umkehren
change one's position or opinion
To change one's opinion to a prevailing one.
I'll explain it again, and maybe he'll come round to my way of thinking.
He's a reasonable man. I knew he'd come round eventually.
einlenken, umschwenken, zu der Einsicht gelangen
To return to a former condition.
To recover consciousness, to come to
After the blow to my head, I took a while to come round.
wiederkommen, zurückkommen, wieder da sein
To cease anger or hostility.
zur Vernunft kommen, Vernunft annehmen, zur Besinnung kommen
To visit someone's home or other regular place.
Would you like to come round for dinner tonight?
What day does the garbage man come round?
vorbeikommen, vorbeischauen
Examples
50 sentencesHe comes round once a week.
ruОн приходит раз в неделю.
deEr kommt einmal in der Woche vorbei.
Do you want to come round and watch a film or something?
Хочеш прийти подивитись фільм чи щось таке?
deMöchtest du rüberkommen und ein Video gucken oder so?
Halley's Comet comes round once every eighty years.
Come round the corner for coffee.
deLass uns mal um die Ecke einen Kaffee trinken gehen.
She came round to watching TV.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 5
Origin
From come + round.From come + round.
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Forms
comes round, coming round, came round, come round| Base form | come round · to come round |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | comes round |
| Present participle | coming round |
| Past simple | came round |
| Past participle | come round |
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
12 synonyms- change one's position or opinion:come around
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle