come in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
come in Malayalam മലയാളം
come in English
- come⇄come, verb, came,come,coming.
- come⇄expr. come about,
a. to take place; happen; occur.
Ex. Good books come about as the result of hard work.
b. to turn around; change direction; tack.
Ex. A sailboat came about, heading back to the dock. - come⇄expr. come across,
a. to meet by chance; happen to meet; find.
Ex. He came across a rare book.
b. (Slang.) to hand over; pay.
Ex. Come across with the dough!
c. to reach the audience or the public (originally ""across the - come⇄expr. come again, (Slang.) what did you say? repeat that, please.
Ex. Come again? I can't hear you. - come⇄expr. come along,
a. to appear.
Ex. The party was dull until she came along.
b. to make progress.
Ex. The sick boy seems to be coming along fine.
c. (Informal.) hurry up; come on.
Ex. Come along, children, before it - come⇄expr. come around (or round),
a. to return to consciousness or health; recover.
Ex. The milkman is coming around after his operation and will soon be back at work. She came round so far as to be helped downstairs (Dickens).
b. (Figura - come⇄expr. come at, to rush toward; attack.
Ex. The man came at the bear with only a knife. - come⇄expr. come back,
a. to return.
Ex. Come back home. The dog ran off, but soon came back for another biscuit.
b. to return to the memory; come to mind.
Ex. The name came back to him.
c. (U.S. Slang.) to retort; retaliate. - come⇄expr. come between, to divide; separate.
Ex. It would be foolish to let a little thing like that come between us. - come⇄expr. come by,
a. to get; obtain; acquire.
Ex. He came by the money honestly.
b. to pass near.
Ex. A large parade came by. - come⇄expr. come down on,
a. (Informal.) to scold; blame.
Ex. It's too bad to come down always on you, only because you're such a good fellow (R. A. King).
b. to attack suddenly.
Ex. The treacherous enemy comes down upon a sleeping vi - come⇄expr. come down with, to become ill with.
Ex. He came down with the measles. - come⇄expr. come down,
a. to be handed down.
Ex. Many fables have come down through the ages.
b. to lose position, rank, or money.
Ex. After the grandfather's death, the family came down in the world.
c. (British.) to declare o - come⇄expr. come forward, to offer oneself for work or duty; volunteer.
Ex. Courageous people come forward in an emergency. - come⇄expr. come in for,
a. to get; receive; acquire.
Ex. Tornadoes come in for attention in the summer.
b. to become heir to.
Ex. At twenty-one, she will come in for an inheritance. - come⇄expr. come in,
a. to arrive at its destination.
Ex. When did you come in this morning? That horse came in fourth.
b. to enter.
Ex. Come in, please.
c. to be brought into use or fashion; begin.
Ex. A new fashion in h - come⇄expr. come into,
a. to inherit.
Ex. He came into an estate when his uncle died.
b. to get; receive.
Ex. The poor widow came into some money and clothes through friends and relatives. - come⇄expr. come near, to come close to (doing something); almost (do).
Ex. I came near forgetting my glasses. - come⇄expr. come off it, (Slang.) stop it; don't talk nonsense.
Ex. ""Oh, come off it,"" I objected. ""Nobody's going to go to all that trouble"" (S. J. Perelman). - come⇄expr. come off,
a. to take place; happen; occur.
Ex. The rocket launching comes off next week.
b. to turn out to be.
Ex. Their first meeting did not come off as he had expected.
c. to finish in a certain manner.
Ex. - come⇄expr. come on,
a. to find or meet by chance.
Ex. Moving homeward [Enoch] came on Annie (Tennyson).
b. (Figurative.) to improve; progress.
Ex. She is coming on well and will be out of the hospital next week.
c. to make an - come⇄expr. come out with,
a. to say; speak.
Ex. Come out with it, man! Speak up!
b. to offer to the public.
Ex. The company came out with a new dictionary. - come⇄expr. come out,
a. to be revealed or shown.
Ex. The sun came out from behind the clouds. The truth will come out.
b. to take place in the end; result.
Ex. The ball game came out in our favor.
c. to be offered to the publi - come⇄expr. come over, to take hold of; happen to; befall.
Ex. (Figurative.) A change has come over him. - come⇄expr. come tardy off, (Archaic.) to fall short.
Ex. The work is better overdone than come tardy off (Leverett). - come⇄expr. come through with, (Slang.) to hand over; pay.
Ex. If he comes through with the money he owes me, we'll be able to leave as planned. - come⇄expr. come through, (U.S.)
a. to be successful; win; succeed.
Ex. Clarke was the most relieved man in seven counties when O'Toole came through with that victory in Boston (Christopher Mathewson).
b. to last through successfully.come⇄expr. come to,
a. to return to consciousness; revive.
Ex. He came to slowly after the accident. He had just been all but choked and had that moment come to (Dickens).
b. (Figurative.) to be equal; amount.
Ex. The bill came to $5come⇄expr. come up against, to meet suddenly or unexpectedly.
Ex. to come up against an obstacle. I have come up against all kinds of censorship (Clive Goodwin).come⇄expr. come up to, to compare with; equal.
Ex. His athletic record doesn't come up to the champion's.come⇄expr. come up with, to produce; improvise.
Ex. to come up with a solution.come⇄expr. come up,
a. to come into being; arise; develop.
Ex. The question is not likely to come up.
b. (British.) to come to a place viewed as higher, especially to a university.
Ex. He is coming up to Balliol College next term.come⇄expr. come upon,
a. to meet by chance; find.
Ex. We came upon a rabbit in the woods. Out on the road, she came upon a stray dog.
b. to rush toward or attack.
Ex. Suddenly the brush fire came upon them from all sides.come⇄expr. how come, (Informal.) how does (did) it come that.
Ex. How come you didn't call me last night?come⇄expr. where one is coming from, (U.S. Slang.) what one thinks or feels.
Ex. The book is a record of what the natives are into, what they have going, ... where they're coming from (New Yorker).come⇄v.i. 1. to move toward; approach.
Ex. Come this way. As soon as the cat came toward me, the dog got up and went away.
2. to get near; arrive.
Ex. The girls will come home tomorrow. The bus comes at noon.
3. to arrive at in due ocome⇄v.t. (Informal.)1. to perform; practice.
Ex. He thought to come a trick over his old pal.
2. to act the part of; play.