come

About 287.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To move nearer to the point of perspective.

   She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]

2. verb To move toward the speaker.

   I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.

3. verb To move toward the listener.

   Hold on, I'll come in a second.

4. verb To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.

   No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.

5. verb To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.

   King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.

6. verb To move toward an unstated agent.

   The butler should come when called.

7. verb To arrive.
8. verb To appear; to manifest itself; to cause a reaction by manifesting.

   The pain in his leg comes and goes.

Similar words

arrive come in occur get get along follow come up amount derive fare

Often followed by

to from in into back out up and on

Word family

came comes coming cum cumming cums