Background for comes

comes

/kʌmz/

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To move from further away to nearer to.

Examples :

"She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes [...]"

direction action place

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Examples :

"The bus comes at 8:00 AM every morning. "

action event time

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To appear, to manifest itself.

Examples :

"The pain in his leg comes and goes."

appearance being event time

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(with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.

Examples :

"She came to think of that country as her home."

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(with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.

Examples :

"Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?"

language grammar

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To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.

Examples :

"Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn."

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To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

Examples :

"He came after a few minutes."

physiology sex body action

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(with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.

Examples :

"One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart."

achievement action being process outcome

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(with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.

Examples :

"He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits."

attitude point way

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(fossil word) To become, to turn out to be.

Examples :

"He was a dream come true."

language linguistics

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To be supplied, or made available; to exist.

Examples :

"Help comes from unexpected places sometimes. "

being situation time

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To carry through; to succeed in.

Examples :

"Even though the project was difficult, she persevered and ultimately comes through with excellent results. "

achievement action business

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verb

Examples :

"This kind of accident comes when you are careless."

time event action

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(with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.

Examples :

"This coffee comes from Brazil. "

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(of grain) To germinate.

Examples :

"The wheat comes up green in the spring after the rain. "

agriculture plant biology

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To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.

Examples :

"He always comes the hero when someone needs help, even if he's scared. "

character action

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noun

The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

Examples :

"In the fugue, the comes followed the dux, echoing its melody at a different pitch. "