Meaning of come In English

• 0 to move or travel towards the speaker or with the speaker:

  • Are you coming with me?

  • There's a car coming!

  • Can you come to my party?

  • Here comes Adam.

  • She's come 500 km (= has travelled 500 km) to be here with us tonight.

  • If you're ever in Dublin, come and visit us.

  • We came by car.

  • Your father will come for (= to collect) you at four o'clock.

  • Come forward a bit and stand on the line.

  • I've come straight from the airport.

  • The door opened and a nurse came into the room.

  • [ + to infinitive ] A man's coming to mend the boiler this afternoon.

  • As he came towards me, I could see he'd been crying.

  • He thought we'd been picking his apples and came after (= chased) us with a stick.

  • [ + -ing verb ] He came rushing over when I fell.

• 1 to move or travel in the direction of the person being spoken to:

  • "Sal, are you ready?" "Coming."

  • I'll come and pick you up in the car if you like.

  • I've come for (= come to get) your census form.

  • [ + to infinitive ] I've come to read the gas meter.

• 2 to get to a particular place:

  • Has she come yet?

  • When does the post come?

  • Hasn't his train come in yet?

• 3 to leave a place:

  • I had to come away from the party early.

  • The police watched him come out of the house.

• 4 to change or develop so as to be in a different position or condition:

  • Those pictures will have to come down (= be removed from the wall).

  • He pulled the knob and it just came off (in his hand).

  • How many times have you come off that horse?

  • Two of his teeth came out after he got hit in the face.

  • Can you get this cork to come out of the bottle?

  • When does the heating come on (= start working)?

  • [ + adj ] A wire has come loose at the back.

  • The door came open for no apparent reason.

• 5 to happen:

  • Spring has come early.

  • The announcement came at a bad time.

  • Her resignation came as quite a shock.

  • informal Come Monday morning (= when it is Monday morning) you'll regret staying up all night.

  • I'm afraid those days are gone and they'll never come again.

• 6 to have or achieve a particular position in a race, competition, list, etc.:

  • She came second ( US came in second) in the 100 metres.

  • Z comes after Y in the alphabet.

  • Which king came after Edward?

  • April comes before May.

  • I know the first verse of the song, but I don't know what comes next.

• 7 to exist or be available:

  • Do these trousers come in any other colour?

  • Runners come in all shapes and sizes - fat and thin, short and tall.

  • This cuddly baby doll comes with her own blanket and bottle.

  • They're the best sunglasses you can buy, but they don't come cheap (= they are expensive).

• 8 to start to do something:

  • I've come to like her over the months.

  • It used to hold paper bags, but gradually came to be used for magazines.

  • How did that phrase come to mean (= develop so that it means) that?

• 9 to have an orgasm

• 10 semen (= the liquid containing sperm)

• 11 to move or travel toward the speaker or with the speaker:

  • Will you come here, please?

  • Did you come here by car?

  • Come on in! The water’s great.

  • Are you coming over to my house tonight?

  • Is he coming to the movies with us?

  • The man is coming to fix the dryer this afternoon.

  • He came rushing over when I fell.

• 12 to move or travel in the direction of the person being spoken to:

  • I thought I’d come and see your new house.

  • I’ve come to read the gas meter.

• 13 to get to a particular place:

  • Has the mail come yet?

  • Spring came early this year – look at all the flowers!

  • Reports are just coming in of the fire.

• 14 to be or start from a particular place:

  • She comes from Italy.

  • Does that quotation come from Shakespeare?

• 15 to exist or be available:

  • The dress comes in three sizes – small, medium, and large.

  • This cuddly doll comes with her own blanket and bottle.

• 16 to happen:

  • Your birthday only comes around once a year.

  • [ + to infinitive ] How did you two come to be friends?

  • The earthquake's aftereffects came without warning.

• 17 to be in a particular relation to others in an order:

  • April comes before May.

  • In your cookbook you’ll see that pies come under the heading "Desserts."

  • Snow removal comes under the highway department.

• 18 to change or be in a different position or condition:

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] The stitching on my briefcase is coming apart.

  • [ L ] A wire had come loose at the back.

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] He pulled the knob and it came off in his hand.

  • [ + to infinitive ] I couldn’t stand him at first, but I’ve come to like him.