verb, exclamation, noun
verb (came come)
to a place
1 to move to or towards a person or place: [V, usually +adv./prep.] He came into the room and shut the door. * She comes to work by bus. * My son is coming home soon. * Come here! * Come and see us soon! * Here comes Jo (= Jo is coming)! * He has come all the way from Tokyo. * There's a storm coming. * [Vtoinf] They're coming to stay for a week.
HELPNOTE In spoken English come can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive, to show purpose or to tell sb what to do: When did she last come and see you? * Come and have your dinner. The and is sometimes left out, especially in AmE: Come have your dinner.
2 [V] ~ (to...) to arrive at or reach a place:
They continued until they came to a river. * What time did you come (= to my house)? * Spring came late this year. * Your breakfast is coming soon. * Have any letters come for me? * Help came at last. * The CD comes complete with all the words of the songs. * The time has come (= now is the moment) to act.
3 ~ for / about sth
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for come is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does come appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — come appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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