come

come ► VERB (past came; past part. come) 1) move, travel, or reach towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker. 2) arrive. 3) happen; take place. 4) occupy or achieve a specified position in space, order, or priority: she came second. 5) pass into a specified state or reach a certain condition or state of mind: his shirt came undone. 6) be sold or available in a specified form. 7) (also come, come) said to correct, reassure, or urge on someone. 8) (coming) likely to be important or successful in the future: a coming man. 9) informal have an orgasm.

► PREPOSITION informal ▪ when a specified time is reached or event happens.

► NOUN informal ▪ semen ejaculated at an orgasm.

● come about — Cf. ↑come about

● come across — Cf. ↑come across

● come back — Cf. ↑come back

● come by — Cf. ↑come by

● come down on — Cf. ↑come down on

● come down to — Cf. ↑come down to

● come forward — Cf. ↑come forward

● come from — Cf. ↑come from

● come in — Cf. ↑come in

● come in for — Cf. ↑come in for

● come into — Cf. ↑come into

● come of — Cf. ↑come of

● come off — Cf. ↑come off

● come off it — Cf. ↑come off it

● come on — Cf. ↑come on

● come on to — Cf. ↑come on to

● come out — Cf. ↑come out

● come out with — Cf. ↑come out with

● come over — Cf. ↑come over

● come round chiefly Brit. (chiefly US also come around) — Cf. ↑come round

● come to — Cf. ↑come to

● come to pass — Cf. ↑come to pass

● come up — Cf. ↑come up

● come up with — Cf. ↑come up with

● come upon — Cf. ↑come upon

● come what may — Cf. ↑come what may

● have it coming (to one) — Cf. ↑have it coming to one

ORIGIN Old English.