verb

come

kuhm

verb

To move toward the speaker, a particular place, or a point of reference.

"Come here and look at this."

"The train comes every fifteen minutes."

To arrive or take place.

"Winter comes early in the mountains."

To reach a particular state, condition, or result.

"Her dream finally came true after years of effort."

"It all comes down to timing."

To originate from a particular place, background, or source.

"He comes from a small town in Wales."

To have an orgasm.

"The scene was cut for being too explicit."

How to Use Come

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishOne of the most basic verbs in English, covering movement toward something, arrival, origin, and reaching a state or result.

Common mistake

Past tense is "came," not "comed"; past participle is "come" ("she has come"), not "came."

Common pairings

come from come true come across come down to

Word Forms

came past tense, come past tense, comen past tense, comed past tense, come plural, came plural, comed plural, comes singular, come singular, came singular, comed singular, comest singular, camest singular, camedst singular, comedst singular, cometh singular

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Etymology

From Old English cuman, from a Proto-Germanic root meaning "to come," ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to step" or "to arrive." Distantly related to Latin venio ("to come").

Antonyms

leave go depart exit withdraw retreat flee

Related Words

die abstract retreat begin exit entrance flee fly

Rhymes for come

ome some home Rome nome tome dome gnome genome become income Jerome

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