📒 to move to or towards a person or place
- + adv./prep. He left and said he was never coming back.
- He came into the room and shut the door.
- She comes to work by bus.
📒 to arrive at or reach a place
- come to… They continued until they came to a river.
- She came to work wearing a very smart suit.
- They came as far as the gate.
📒 to arrive somewhere in order to do something or get something
- come for something I've come for my book.
- come about something I've come about my book.
- come to do something I've come to get my book.
📒 to move or travel, especially with somebody else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an event
- I've only come for an hour.
- Thanks for coming (= to my house, party, etc.).
- come to do something Ten thousand people came to hear him speak.
📒 to travel a particular distance
- We've come 50 miles this morning.
- (figurative) The company has come a long way (= made lot of progress) in the last 5 years.
- He's come all the way from Tokyo.
📒 to move in a particular way or while doing something else
- come doing something + adv./prep. A car came flying round the corner.
- A huge wave came crashing over the sea wall.
- (figurative) Questions came rushing into her head.
📒 to happen
- The agreement came after several hours of negotiations.
- The rains came too late to do any good.
- Spring came late this year.
📒 used in questions to talk about how or why something happened
- How did he come to break his leg?
- How do you come to be so late?
📒 to have a particular position
- That comes a long way down my list of priorities.
- She came second (= received the second highest score) in the exam.
- His family comes first (= is the most important thing in his life).
📒 used in many expressions to show that something has reached a particular state
- At last winter came to an end.
- He came to power in 2019.
- We need to come to an agreement on this issue.
📒 to be available or to exist in a particular way
- come in something This dress comes in black and red.
- come with something The DVD comes with several bonus features.
- New cars don't come cheap (= they are expensive).
📒 to become
- + adj. The handle came loose.
- The buttons had come undone.
- Everything will come right in the end.
📒 to reach a point where you realize, understand or believe something
- In time she came to love him.
- She had come to see the problem in a new light.
- I've come to expect this kind of behaviour from him.
📒 to have an orgasm
📒 to be very clever, stupid, etc.
📒 to play the part of a particular type of person; to behave in a particular way
- Don't come the innocent with me.
📒 used to ask somebody to repeat something
- ‘She's an entomologist.’ ‘Come again?’ ‘An entomologist—she studies insects.’
📒 to arrive and leave; to move freely
- They had a party next door—we heard people coming and going all night.
📒 to be present for a short time and then go away
- The pain in my leg comes and goes.
📒 to be easy, natural, etc. for somebody to do
- Acting comes naturally to her.
📒 to be unsuccessful; to have no successful result
- How sad that all his hard work should come to nothing.
- Her plans didn't come to anything.
📒 used to introduce something extra that is connected with what has just been said
- I don't really trust him—nor his wife, come to that.
📒 despite any problems or difficulties you may have
- He promised to support her come what may.
📒 used to say you do not understand how something can happen and would like an explanation
- ‘I think you owe me some money.’ ‘How come?’
- If she spent five years in Paris, how come her French is so bad?
📒 to not be important or successful
📒 in the future
- They may well regret the decision in years to come.
- This will be a problem for some time to come (= for a period of time in the future).
📒 when it is a question of something
- When it comes to getting things done, he's useless.
📒 somebody’s ideas, beliefs, personality, etc. that makes them say what they have said
- I see where you're coming from (= I understand what you mean).