Dictionary entry details
• COME IN (verb)
Meaning:
To come or go into
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
come in; enter; get in; go in; go into; move into; get into
Context example:
the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come in"):
take the field (go on the playing field, of a football team)
encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)
intrude; irrupt (enter uninvited)
board; get on (get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))
turn in (make an entrance by turning from a road)
take water (enter the water)
call at; out in (enter a harbor)
walk in (enter by walking)
pop in (enter briefly)
file in (enter by marching in a file)
re-enter (enter again)
penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)
dock (come into dock)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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 in" is one way to...):
arrive; come; get (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Come into fashion; become fashionable
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "come in" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Domain category:
fashion (the latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Antonym:
go out (go out of fashion; become unfashionable)
Meaning:
To insert between other elements
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
interject; interpose; throw in; come in; inject; put in
Context example:
She interjected clever remarks
Hypernyms (to "come in" is one way to...):
break up; cut off; disrupt; interrupt (make a break in)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
come in; come out; place
Context example:
Jerry came in third in the Marathon
Hypernyms (to "come in" is one way to...):
rank (take or have a position relative to others)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
