COME
/kΚm/
8
Scrabble
10
WWF
C(3) O(1) M(3) E(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/kΚm/
noun
- Coming, arrival; approach.
- Semen
- Female ejaculatory discharge.
verb
- To move from further away to nearer to.“Sheβll be coming βround the mountain when she comes [...]”
- To arrive.
- To appear, to manifest itself.“The pain in his leg comes and goes.”
- (with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.“She came to think of that country as her home.”
- (with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.“Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?”
preposition
- Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.“Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.”
interjection
- An exclamation to express annoyance.“Come come! Stop crying.β Come now! You must eat it.”
- An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.“Come come! You can do it.β Come now! It won't bite you.”
Source: Wiktionary
