come up
To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedlyTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
» He came up to my room.
Він піднявся до мене в кімнату.
Meaning
15 senses(idiomatic, intransitive)To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
Unless anything comes up, I'll be there every day this week.
(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.
(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
(intransitive)To appear (before a judge or court).
He came up before a judge and was fined a thousand dollars.
(intransitive)To draw near in time.
The summer holidays are coming up.
bevorstehen
(intransitive)To approach a time or scheduled event.
We're coming up on the interview in the last half-hour of the program.
(intransitive)To reach in height.
You have to come up to here to ride this roller-coaster.
He only comes up around this high.
(intransitive)To rise (above the horizon).
It'll be warmer once the sun comes up.
(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.
(UK, intransitive)To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
(intransitive, slang)To happen or occur.
His shift came up, so he had to go to work.
(intransitive, slang)To grow up; to experience a childhood.
I came up in Baltimore.
Examples
1112 sentencesHe came up to my room.
Він піднявся до мене в кімнату.
What have you come up with?
Що ти придумав?
ruЧто вы придумали?
deWas hast du dir ausgedacht?
We came up with a plan.
Ми розробили план.
We'll have to come up with something soon.
Нам потрібно буде придумати щось у найближчий час.
Tom has come up with a good plan.
Том придумав добрий план.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
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By meaning 4
Forms
comes up, coming up, came up, come upPhrasal 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
23 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord 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
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb