Etymology : Middle English, from Old English cuman; akin to Old High German queman to come, Latin venire, Greek bainein to walk, go
Pronunciation : k&m
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. reach; arrive; result from; reach orgasm (Vulgar Slang).
2. to orgasm; the common slang convention of mispelling words also gives us the variation cu.
3. sexually ejaculated fluid, usually applied to semen and regularly spelt cum. come\come\ , v. i. [imp. came ; p. p. come ; p. pr & vb. n. coming.] [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.
4. cf. base, n., convene, adventure.].
5. to move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go. look, who comes yonder? i did not come to curse thee.
6. to complete a movement toward a place; to arrive. when we came to rome. ii.
7. lately come from italy. i.
8. 3. to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance. "thy kingdom come." vi.
9. the hour is coming, and now is. v.
10. so quick bright things come to confusion.
11. to approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another. from whence come wars? --james iv.
12. both riches and honor come of thee ! xxix.
13. 5. to arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear. then butter does refuse to come.
14. to get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied. how come you thus estranged? how come her eyes so bright?note: am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. the verb to be gives a clearer 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. v.
15. we are come off like romans. the melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year.note: 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 auxiliary; as, it will be two years, come next christmas; i. e., when christmas shall come. they were cried in meeting, come next sunday. 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." xxi.
16. when repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. "come, come, no time for lamentation now.".
17. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; opposed to go.
18. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.
19. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance.
20. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.
21. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.
22. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; with a predicate; as, to come untied.
23. To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here.
24. Coming. 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" be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled" happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this" reach a state, relation, or condition; "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" have a certain priority; "My family comes first" cover a certain distance; "She came a long way" move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset" to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"; "I came to see:
his point of view"; "her face went red with anger"; "The knot came loose"; "Your wish will come true" exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France".
25. The form come is used in the present tense and is the past participle. Come is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression `to come to terms with something' is explained at `term'.
26. When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there. Two police officers came into the hall Come here, Tom You'll have to come with us We heard the train coming Can I come too? The impact blew out some of the windows and the sea came rushing in.
27. When someone comes to do something, they move to the place where someone else is in order to do it, and they do it. In British English, someone can also come and do something and in American English, someone can come do something. However, you always say that someone came and did something. Eleanor had come to visit her Come and meet Roger I want you to come visit me.
28. When you come to a place, you reach it. He came to a door that led into a passageway.
29. If something comes up to a particular point or down to it, it is tall enough, deep enough, or long enough to reach that point. The water came up to my chest I wore a large shirt of Jamie's which came down over my hips.
30. If something comes apart or comes to pieces, it breaks into pieces. If something comes off or comes away, it becomes detached from something else. The pistol came to pieces, easily and quickly The door knobs came off in our hands.
31. You use come in expressions such as come to an end or come into operation to indicate that someone or something enters or reaches a particular state or situation. The Communists came to power in 1944 I came into contact with very bright Harvard and Yale students Their worst fears may be coming true.
32. If someone comes to do something, they do it at the end of a long process or period of time. She said it so many times that she came to believe it.
33. You can ask how something came to happen when you want to know what caused it to happen or made it possible. How did you come to meet him?.
34. When a particular event or time comes, it arrives or happens. The announcement came after a meeting at the Home Office The time has come for us to move on There will come a time when the crisis will occur. + coming com·ing Most of my patients welcome the coming of summer.
35. You can use come before a date, time, or event to mean when that date, time, or event arrives. For example, you can say come the spring to mean `when the spring arrives'. Come the election on the 20th of May, we will have to decide.
36. If a thought, idea, or memory comes to you, you suddenly think of it or remember it. He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him Then it came to me that perhaps he did understand. = occur.
37. If money or property is going to come to you, you are going to inherit or receive it. He did have pension money coming to him when the factory shut down.
38. If a case comes before a court or tribunal or comes to court, it is presented there so that the court or tribunal can examine it. The membership application came before the Council of Ministers in September President Cristiani expected the case to come to court within ninety days.
39. If something comes to a particular number or amount, it adds up to it. Lunch came to .
40. 15. If someone or something comes from a particular place or thing, that place or thing is their origin, source, or starting point. Nearly half the students come from abroad Chocolate comes from the cacao tree The term `claret', used to describe Bordeaux wines, may come from the French word `clairet'.
41. Something that comes from something else or comes of it is the result of it. There is a feeling of power that comes from driving fast He asked to be transferred there some years ago, but nothing came of it.
42. If someone or something comes first, next, or last, they are first, next, or last in a series, list, or competition. The two countries have been unable to agree which step should come next The horse had already won at Lincolnshire and come second at Lowesby.
43. If a type of thing comes in a particular range of colours, forms, styles, or sizes, it can have any of those colours, forms, styles, or sizes. Bikes come in all shapes and sizes The wallpaper comes in black and white only.
44. You use come in expressions such as it came as a surprise when indicating a person's reaction to something that happens. Major's reply came as a complete surprise to the House of Commons The arrest has come as a terrible shock.
45. The next subject in a discussion that you come to is the one that you talk about next. Finally in the programme, we come to the news that the American composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein, has died That is another matter altogether. And we shall come to that next.
46. To come means to have an orgasm. see also:
coming, comings and goings.
47. emphasis If you say that someone is, for example, as good as they come, or as stupid as they come, you are emphasizing that they are extremely good or extremely stupid. The new finance minister was educated at Oxford and is as traditional as they come.
48. emphasis You can use the expression when it comes down to it or when you come down to it for emphasis, when you are giving a general statement or conclusion. When you come down to it, however, the basic problems of life have not changed.
49. If you say that someone has it coming to them, you mean that they deserve everything bad that is going to happen to them, because they have done something wrong or are a bad person. If you say that someone got what was coming to them, you mean that they deserved the punishment or bad experience that they have had. He was pleased that Brady was dead because he probably had it coming to him.
50. You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious. You know, when you come to think of it, this is very odd.
51. When you refer to a time or an event to come or one that is still to come, you are referring to a future time or event. I hope in years to come he will reflect on his decision The worst of the storm is yet to come.
52. You can use the expression when it comes to or when it comes down to in order to introduce a new topic or a new aspect of a topic that you are talking about. Most of us know we should cut down on fat. But knowing such things isn't much help when it comes to shopping and eating However, when it comes down to somebody that they know, they have a different feeling.
53. You can use expressions like I know where you're coming from or you can see:
where she's coming from to say that you understand someone's attitude or point of view. To understand why they are doing it, it is necessary to know where they are coming from. a man's semen (=the liquid he produces during sex).
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