come
come Lexical Profile
come Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To move or travel toward the speaker or toward a specified place.
"Please come into the office when you have a free moment."
To arrive at or reach a destination or a particular point in time.
"The morning train has finally come into the station."
To occur, happen, or take place in the course of events.
"This opportunity could not have come at a better time for our team."
To pass into or reach a specified state, condition, or realization.
"The knot came undone during the hike, and we came to realize our mistake."
To be available, produced, or offered in a particular form, size, or variety.
"This winter jacket comes in three different colors and five sizes."
• preposition
Upon the arrival of a specified time, date, or event.
"She will be promoted to senior partner come January."
• interjection
Used to express mild protest, encouragement, impatience, or disbelief.
"Come, you cannot seriously expect us to believe that excuse."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Come' typically indicates movement toward the speaker or listener, whereas 'go' indicates movement away from the speaker's current or referenced location.
• Rhymes for come
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'cuman', of Proto-Germanic origin ('*kwemaną'), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root '*gʷem-' meaning 'to step' or 'to move'.