Meaning

15 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.

    Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.

  2. (intransitive)To be revealed to have a certain value, quality, or status.

    The movie didn't come up to our expectations.

    They've looked for him everywhere, and come up dry.

  3. (intransitive)To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear.

    At some point in the conversation my name came up, and I readily agreed to their proposition.

    Be ready for when your turn comes up.

    erscheinen

  4. (intransitive)To appear (before a judge or court).

    He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.

  5. (intransitive)To draw near in time.

    The summer holidays are coming up.

    bevorstehen

  6. (intransitive)To approach a time or scheduled event.

    We're coming up on the interview in the last half-hour of the program.

  7. (intransitive)To reach in height.

    You have to come up to here to ride this roller-coaster.

    He only comes up around this high.

  8. (intransitive)To rise (above the horizon).

    It'll be warmer once the sun comes up.

  9. (UK, intransitive, slang)To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.

    I could tell from her expression that she was coming up already.

  10. (UK, intransitive)To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)

  11. (intransitive, slang)To happen or occur.

    His shift came up, so he had to go to work.

  12. (intransitive, slang)To grow up; to experience a childhood.

    I came up in Baltimore.

Examples

1112 sentences
  1. He came up to my room.

    Він піднявся до мене в кімнату.

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  2. What have you come up with?

    Що ти придумав?

    ruЧто вы придумали?

    deWas hast du dir ausgedacht?

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  3. We came up with a plan.

    Ми розробили план.

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  4. We'll have to come up with something soon.

    Нам потрібно буде придумати щось у найближчий час.

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  5. Tom has come up with a good plan.

    Том придумав добрий план.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
non-idiomatic:
to come towards:
Русский
By meaning 2
non-idiomatic:
to come towards:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
non-idiomatic:
to come to attention, present itself:
to draw near in time:
to come towards:

Forms

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

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personscame up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill come up

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

23 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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