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- pronunciation:
- kuhm
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
comes, coming, came, come |
| definition 1: |
When you tell a dog to come, it means you want the dog to run or walk to the place where you are. If your mom tells you to come home, it means she wants you to leave where you are and walk or ride home.
Sydney told her little brother to come and see a big insect on her shoe.I asked my friend Kelvin to come to my house tomorrow after school.
- synonyms:
- advance, draw near, near
- similar words:
- move
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| definition 2: |
When you come to a place or come into a place, you enter it or you arrive at that place.
We have to take our shoes off when we come into our house.When I first came to my school, I didn't know anybody, but now I have lots of friends.- synonyms:
- appear, arrive, enter, show up
- antonyms:
- go, leave
- similar words:
- check in, get
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| definition 3: |
We often use the word "come" when we talk about the order of things. If the cake and ice cream come after dinner, it means that the cake and ice cream follow the dinner. If your name comes before your friend's name on a list, it means that your name is above your friend's name.
In the alphabet, G comes after F.The number 3 comes before the number 4.- synonyms:
- fall, happen, occur
- similar words:
- follow, precede
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| definition 4: |
If someone comes from a place, it means they were born there or lived there a long time before now. If a thing comes from a certain place, that place is where this thing was made or grown.
This tea comes from China.Where do you come from in England?- similar words:
- issue
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| definition 5: |
When you come with people, you join them to do something together.
We're going to a movie this Saturday. Do you want to come? |
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