come

A1
Pronunciation
/kʌm/
/kʌm/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

Coming, arrival; approach.

2 Definition

Semen

3 Definition

Female ejaculatory discharge.

4 Definition

The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set off parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.

Synonyms
come comma-point scratch comma virgula virgule
5 Definition

A similar-looking subscript diacritical mark.

6 Definition

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polygonia, having a comma-shaped white mark on the underwings, especially Polygonia c-album and Polygonia c-aureum of North Africa, Europe, and Asia.

7 Definition

A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.

8 Definition

A delimiting marker between items in a genetic sequence.

9 Definition

In Ancient Greek rhetoric, a short clause, something less than a colon, originally denoted by comma marks. In antiquity it was defined as a combination of words having no more than eight syllables in all. It was later applied to longer phrases, e.g. the Johannine comma.

10 Definition

A brief interval.

Verb
16 definition(s)
1 Definition

To move from further away to nearer to.

Example Sentences
  • She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes [...]
2 Definition

To arrive.

3 Definition

To appear, to manifest itself.

Example Sentences
  • The pain in his leg comes and goes.
4 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • She came to think of that country as her home.
5 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?
6 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Which letter comes before Y?   Winter comes after autumn.
7 Definition

To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

Example Sentences
  • He came after a few minutes.
8 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.
9 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.
10 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • He was a dream come true.
11 Definition

To be supplied, or made available; to exist.

Example Sentences
  • A new sports car doesn't come cheap.
12 Definition

To carry through; to succeed in.

Example Sentences
  • You can't come any tricks here.
13 Definition

Happen.

Example Sentences
  • This kind of accident comes when you are careless.
14 Definition

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

15 Definition

(of grain) To germinate.

16 Definition

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

Example Sentences
  • Don't come the innocent victim. We all know who's to blame here.
Interjection
2 definition(s)
1 Definition

An exclamation to express annoyance.

Example Sentences
  • Come come! Stop crying.  Come now! You must eat it.
2 Definition

An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.

Example Sentences
  • Come come! You can do it.  Come now! It won't bite you.
Preposition
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.

Example Sentences
  • Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.