come Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
    semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; cum.
  2. verb move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
    come up.
    • He came singing down the road
    • Come with me to the Casbah
    • come down here!
    • come out of the closet!
    • come into the room
  3. verb reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
    arrive; get.
    • She arrived home at 7 o'clock
    • She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
  4. verb come to pass; arrive, as in due course
    • The first success came three days later
    • It came as a shock
    • Dawn comes early in June
  5. verb reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
    • 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
  6. verb to be the product or result
    follow.
    • Melons come from a vine
    • Understanding comes from experience
  7. verb be found or available; The furniture comes unassembled"
    • These shoes come in three colors
  8. verb come forth
    issue forth.
    • A scream came from the woman's mouth
    • His breath came hard
  9. verb be a native of
    hail.
    • She hails from Kalamazoo
  10. verb extend or reach
    • The water came up to my waist
    • The sleeves come to your knuckles
  11. verb exist or occur in a certain point in a series
    • Next came the student from France
  12. verb cover a certain distance
    • She came a long way
  13. verb come under, be classified or included
    fall.
    • fall into a category
    • This comes under a new heading
  14. verb happen as a result
    • Nothing good will come of this
  15. verb add up in number or quantity
    amount; total; number; add up.
    • The bills amounted to $2,000
    • The bill came to $2,000
  16. verb develop into
    amount; add up.
    • This idea will never amount to anything
    • nothing came of his grandiose plans
  17. verb be received
    come in.
    • News came in of the massacre in Rwanda
  18. verb come to one's mind; suggest itself
    occur.
    • It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
    • A great idea then came to her
  19. verb come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
    derive; descend.
    • She was descended from an old Italian noble family
    • he comes from humble origins
  20. verb proceed or get along
    fare; do; make out; get along.
    • How is she doing in her new job?
    • How are you making out in graduate school?
    • He's come a long way
  21. verb experience orgasm
    • she could not come because she was too upset
  22. verb have a certain priority
    • My family comes first

WordNet

Come intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. to go, Skr. gam. *23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.
Wordforms
imperfect Came ; past participle Come ; present participle & verbal noun Coming
Definitions
  1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.
    Look, who comes yonder? Shak.
    I did not come to curse thee. Tennyson.
  2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.
    When we came to Rome. Acts xxviii. 16.
    Lately come from Italy. Acts vviii. 2.
  3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or form a distance. "Thy kingdom come." Matt. vi. 10.
    The hour is comming, and now is. John. v. 25.
    So quik bright things come to confusion. Shak.
  4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.
    From whence come wars? James iv. 1.
    Both riches and honor come of thee! Chron. xxix. 12.
  5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.
    Then butter does refuse to come. Hudibras.
  6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come united.
    How come you thus estranged? Shak.
    How come her eyes so bright? Shak.
    ✍ Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb.
    Think not that I am come to destroy. Matt. v. 17.
    We are come off like Romans. Shak.
    The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year. Bryant.
    Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall come home next week; he will come to your house to-day. It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary, indicative of approach to the action or state expressed by the verb; as, how came you to do it? Come is used colloquially, with reference to a definite future time approaching, without an auxilliary; as, it will be two years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall come.
    They were cried In meeting, come next Sunday. Lowell.
    Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go. "This is the heir; come, let us kill him." Matt. xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. "Come, come, no time for lamentation now." Milton.
Come transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here. Slang
Come noun
Definitions
  1. Coming. Chaucer.

Webster 1913