come
To move nearer to the point of perspectiveTo move nearer to the point of perspective.
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Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 2
Examples
34896 sentencesWhy aren't you coming with us?
Чому ти не йдеш з нами? — deniko
ruПочему ты не идёшь с нами? — marafon
deWieso kommst du nicht mit uns? — MUIRIEL
You have to come with me.
Ти маєш піти зі мною. — deniko
ruТы должен пойти со мной. — marafon
deSie müssen mit mir kommen. — MUIRIEL
What have you come here for?
Навіщо ти сюди прийшов? — deniko
ruЗачем ты сюда пришёл? — Hellerick
deWarum bist du hierher gekommen? — xtofu80
Meaning
25 senses(intransitive)To move nearer to the point of perspective.
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]
kommen, choo
приходи́тьprixodítʹ, прийти́prijtí, приезжа́тьprijezžátʹ
прихо́дитиpryxódyty, прийти́pryjtý, приїжджа́тиpryjiždžáty
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
(intransitive)To move toward the speaker.
I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
Stop dawdling and come here!
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
(intransitive)To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn.
reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
More meanings 22
(intransitive)To arrive.
kommen, ankommen
прибыва́тьpribyvátʹ, прибы́тьpribýtʹ
дохо́дитиdoxódyty, дійти́dijtý, доїжджа́тиdojiždžáty
(intransitive)To become butter by being churned.
станови́тьсяstanovítʹsja, статьstatʹ
To move nearer to the point of perspective.
(intransitive)To move toward the listener.
Hold on, I'll come in a second.
You should ask the doctor to come to your house.
(intransitive)To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.
No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.
(intransitive)To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.
King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.
(intransitive)To move toward an unstated agent.
The butler should come when called.
(intransitive)To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.
The pain in his leg comes and goes.
The news came as a shock.
To begin (to have an opinion or feeling).
We came to believe that he was not so innocent after all.
She came to think of that country as her home.
To do something by chance or unintentionally.
Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?
Origin
From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kwemanFrom Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”).
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Forms
comes, coming, came, comeTenses
come · came · will come · have comePhrasal verbs
20 phrasal verbs- come backповернутисявернуться, возвращатьсяzurückkehren, zurückkommenrevenirtornarewrócić, wracaćvoltarTo return to a place.
- come inвступати, вступитиTo become relevant, applicable, or useful.вступать, вступитьTo become relevant, applicable, or useful.ins Spiel kommenTo become relevant, applicable, or useful.To enter.
- come withSynonym of come up with (“to manage to produce something by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it”).
- come outherauskommenrevelarse, salir a la luzsortirTo be published or released; to be issued; to be broadcast for the first time.To be discovered; to be revealed.
- come upsalir a relucirse montrer, sortir du boisvenire fuori, emergereTo emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- come overподскочить, подъехатьTo change one's position or location, especially to someone else's home or to an opposing side in competition or conflict.venirTo change one's position or location, especially to someone else's home or to an opposing side in competition or conflict.przyjechaćTo change one's position or location, especially to someone else's home or to an opposing side in competition or conflict.To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
- come onвиступатиTo appear on a stage or in a performance.выступать, выступитьTo appear on a stage or in a performance.To encounter, discover; to come upon.
- come toотямитисяприходить в сознаниеzu sich kommen, wieder zu sich kommenvolver en sírevenir à soi, reprendre ses espritstornare in sédojść do siebie, odzyskać przytomnośćvoltar a siTo recover consciousness after fainting etc.
More 12
- come intoTo obtain (usually money or property), especially through inheritance.
- come up withпридумуватипридумывать, приходить в головуausdenkenconseguir, inventarimaginer, inventerinventare, idearedostać, wymyślićpensarTo manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
- come byдіставати, дістатиполучать, получитьbekommenencontrarmettre la main sur ...trovareencontrarTo obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily.
- come downпадати, упастипадать, упастьherunterkommentomber, descendredüşmekTo descend, fall down, collapse.
- come acrossнатрапляти, натрапитиTo find, usually by accident.встретиться, натыкатьсяTo find, usually by accident.begegnenTo find, usually by accident.dar con, toparse conTo find, usually by accident.tomber surTo find, usually by accident.wpaść, napotkaćTo find, usually by accident.denk gelmekTo find, usually by accident.depararTo find, usually by accident.To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition.
- come alongсоставлять компанию, сопровождатьmitgehenvenir, accompagnerTo accompany.
- come up toTo approach.
- come afterпереслідуватипреследоватьnachstellenvenir porsuivreseguireseguirTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.
- come offотвалиться, отсоединитьсяsich lösense décollerTo become detached.
- come aroundпередуматипередуматьeinlenkenentrar en razóncambiare ideaprzekonać sięmudar de ideiaTo change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first.
- come throughTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
- come aboutполучитьсяgeschehenocurrirse passerpowstaćTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
Synonyms
15 synonymsAntonyms
7 antonymsWord family
112 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
Collocations
12 patterns- come back
- come home
- come up with
- want to come
- come back here
- come back to
- came to see
- come back home
- never come back
- going to come
- be coming back
- come back from
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.