COME (came)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does come mean? 

• COME (noun)
  The noun COME has 1 sense:

1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

  Familiarity information: COME used as a noun is very rare.

• COME (verb)
  The verb COME has 21 senses:

1. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

2. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

3. come to pass; arrive, as in due course

4. reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position

5. to be the product or result

6. be found or available

7. come forth

8. be a native of

9. extend or reach

10. exist or occur in a certain point in a series

11. cover a certain distance

12. come under, be classified or included

13. happen as a result

14. add up in number or quantity

15. develop into

16. be received

17. come to one's mind; suggest itself

18. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

19. proceed or get along

20. experience orgasm

21. have a certain priority

  Familiarity information: COME used as a verb is very familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

come; cum; ejaculate; seed; semen; seminal fluid

Hypernyms ("come" is a kind of...):

bodily fluid; body fluid; humor; humour; liquid body substance (the liquid parts of the body)

Meronyms (parts of "come"):

sperm; sperm cell; spermatozoan; spermatozoon (the male reproductive cell; the male gamete)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "come"):

milt (seminal fluid produced by male fish)

• COME (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come; come up

Context example:

come into the room

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come"):

emanate (proceed or issue forth, as from a source)

accost; address; come up to (speak to someone)

approach; come near (come near in time)

approach; come near; come on; draw close; draw near; go up; near (move towards)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They come down the river

Antonym:

go (move away from a place into another direction)

Also:

come in (come into fashion; become fashionable)

come through (attain success or reach a desired goal)

come through (continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.))

come up (come up, of celestial bodies)

come up (come to the surface)

come with (be present or associated with an event or entity)

Derivation:

coming (the act of drawing spatially closer to something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arrive; come; get

Context example:

She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

Verb group:

get (reach and board)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come"):

roll up (arrive in a vehicle:)

plump in (arrive suddenly and unannounced)

draw in; get in; move in; pull in (of trains; move into (a station))

flood in (arrive in great numbers)

attain; hit; reach (reach a point in time, or a certain state or level)

come; come in (be received)

land; set ashore; shore (arrive on shore)

bring down; land; put down (cause to come to the ground)

drive in (arrive by motorcar)

land; set down (reach or come to rest)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

These cars won't come

Derivation:

comer (someone who arrives (or has arrived))

coming (arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Come to pass; arrive, as in due course

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Dawn comes early in June

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)

Verb group:

come (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come"):

descend; fall; settle (come as if by falling)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

coming (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

your wish will come true

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

come (come to pass; arrive, as in due course)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Sense 5

Meaning:

To be the product or result

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; follow

Context example:

Understanding comes from experience

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise (come into existence; take on form or shape)

Verb group:

come (exist or occur in a certain point in a series)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 6

Meaning:

Be found or available

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

be; exist (have an existence, be extant)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 7

Meaning:

Come forth

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; issue forth

Context example:

His breath came hard

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Be a native of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; hail

Context example:

She hails from Kalamazoo

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Verb group:

come; derive; descend (come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 9

Meaning:

Extend or reach

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The sleeves come to your knuckles

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

extend; go; lead; pass; run (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 10

Meaning:

Exist or occur in a certain point in a series

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

Next came the student from France

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

be (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere)

Verb group:

come; follow (to be the product or result)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 11

Meaning:

Cover a certain distance

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

She came a long way

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 12

Meaning:

Come under, be classified or included

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; fall

Context example:

This comes under a new heading

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 13

Meaning:

Happen as a result

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Nothing good will come of this

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

ensue; result (issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 14

Meaning:

Add up in number or quantity

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

add up; amount; come; number; total

Context example:

The bill came to $2,000

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

be (have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come"):

work out (be calculated)

outnumber (be larger in number)

average; average out (amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain)

make (add up to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 15

Meaning:

Develop into

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

add up; amount; come

Context example:

nothing came of his grandiose plans

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

become; turn (undergo a change or development)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come"):

aggregate (amount in the aggregate to)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 16

Meaning:

Be received

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come; come in

Context example:

News came in of the massacre in Rwanda

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 17

Meaning:

Come to one's mind; suggest itself

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

come; occur

Context example:

A great idea then came to her

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

become (come into existence)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 18

Meaning:

Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; derive; descend

Context example:

he comes from humble origins

Verb group:

derive (come from)

come; hail (be a native of)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 19

Meaning:

Proceed or get along

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; do; fare; get along; make out

Context example:

He's come a long way

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

go; proceed (follow a certain course)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective

Sense 20

Meaning:

Experience orgasm

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Context example:

she could not come because she was too upset

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

experience; go through; see (undergo or live through a difficult experience)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue come

Derivation:

coming (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)

Sense 21

Meaning:

Have a certain priority

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

My family comes first

Hypernyms (to "come" is one way to...):

rank (take or have a position relative to others)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

I tried it when I came to Croydon, and we kept on until about two months ago, when we had to part.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The smith never moved, but his mouth set grim and hard, while his tufted brows came down over his keen, grey eyes.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The lines of his face hardened, and into his eyes came a fighting light.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then came the death of this Ronald Adair.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am not sure where your luck will come from, but if you are lucky you need not go overboard.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

When I came back I resolved to settle in London; to which Mr. Bates, my master, encouraged me, and by him I was recommended to several patients.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

A shrill little whistle, piping as if gone mad, came from directly ahead and from very near at hand.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You come to me not alone as agent of my friend Peter Hawkins, of Exeter, to tell me all about my new estate in London.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Now, by Gar, I feex you!” he cried, coming back with a heavy club in his hand.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)