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. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
12. cover a certain distance
13. come under, be classified or included
14. happen as a result
15. add up in number or quantity
16. develop into
17. be received
18. come to one's mind; suggest itself
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

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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; semen; seminal fluid; seed

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)

Sense 1

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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 examples:

He came singing down the road / Come with me to the Casbah / come down here! / come out of the closet! / come into the room

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

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

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

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

approach; come near (come near in time)

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

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

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 associated with)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

arrive; come; get

Context examples:

She arrived home at 7 o'clock / She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

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

plump in (arrive suddenly and unannounced)

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

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)

roll up (arrive in a vehicle:)

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

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Come to pass; arrive, as in due course

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context examples:

The first success came three days later / It came as a shock / 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)

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

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 4

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context examples:

The water came to a boil / We came to understand the true meaning of life / Their anger came to a boil / I came to realize the true meaning of life / The shoes came untied / come into contact with a terrorist group / his face went red / 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)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE

Sense 5

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Meaning:

To be the product or result

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come; follow

Context examples:

Melons come from a vine / 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)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 6

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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

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Meaning:

Come forth

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

issue forth; come

Context examples:

A scream came from the woman's mouth / His breath came hard

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 8

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Meaning:

Be a native of

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

hail; come

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))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 9

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Meaning:

Extend or reach

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context examples:

The water came up to my waist / 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

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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)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 11

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

descend; derive; come

Context examples:

She was descended from an old Italian noble family / he comes from humble origins

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 12

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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)

Sentence frames:

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

Sense 13

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Meaning:

Come under, be classified or included

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

fall; come

Context examples:

fall into a category / 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 14

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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 15

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Meaning:

Add up in number or quantity

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

total; number; amount; add up; come

Context examples:

The bills amounted to $2,000 / 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 16

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Meaning:

Develop into

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

add up; amount; come

Context examples:

This idea will never amount to anything / 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 17

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Meaning:

Be received

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

come in; come

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 18

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Meaning:

Come to one's mind; suggest itself

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

occur; come

Context examples:

It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary / 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 19

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Meaning:

Proceed or get along

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

get along; fare; do; make out; come

Context examples:

How is she doing in her new job? / How are you making out in graduate school? / 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

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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 (go or live through)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue come

Sense 21

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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