come

come is on the Basic English 850 List.

comb - come - comfort

come is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

color - come - comment

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: kŭm, IPA ^(key): /kʌm/ or [kʰɐm]
• (US) enPR: kŭm, IPA ^(key): /kʌm/ or [kʰʌm]

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• Homophone: cum

Verb

Plain form come

Third-person singular comes

Past tense came

Past participle come

Present participle coming

1. To move towards a place or into a place; to move to the place where the person who is talking is.
   • Antonym: go

   Come to my house and I will give you something to eat.

   Come here to me.

   Twenty people came to the party.

   He came here, but he went away again before you came here.

2. The past participle of come.

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Related words and phrases

• come through
• comeuppance
• come on to
• come-on
• come out of the closet
• come in

Preposition

Preposition come

1. When something happens or arrives.

   We'll talk again come January.

Noun

Singular come

Plural none

1. (slang) Semen.

   (also spelled cum)