Definition of come:

• To move to this place, draw near, or approach; to arrive; to advance or move into view; to appear; to arrive at some state or condition; to happen, or fall out; to issue. Come, in the imperative, excites attention, or invites to motion or joint action. To come about, to change or come round; to come to pass. To come at, to reach; to attain. To come away, to leave; to sprout. To come back, to return. To come by, to pass near; to obtain or acquire. To come down, to descend; to be humbled. To come home, to affect deeply. To come in, to enter; to yield; to become fashionable; to enter as an ingredient or part of a composition; to accrue. To come in for, to arrive in time to participate in. To come into, to join with; to comply with; to acquire. Tom come near, to approach. To come off, to escape; to get free; to take place. To come on, to advance; to thrive. To come over, to pass above or across; to pass from one party, side, or army, to another; to occur to; to rise in distillation. To come out, to depart or proceed from; to become public; to be introduced into society; to appear after being clouded; to turn out. To come out of, to issue forth, as from confinement; to proceed or depart from. To come out with, to give publicity to; to disclose. To come round, to change; to recover; to circumvent. To come short, to fail. To come to, to consent or yield; to amount to; to recover, as from a swoon. To come to himself, to recover his sense. To come together, to meet or assemble. To come to pass, to happen. To come up, to ascend; to spring; to come into use; to slacken, as a rope, & c,. To come up to, to approach near; to amount to. To come up with, to overtake. To come upon, to fall on; to attack. To come, in future, as in the world to come. Come, come, repeated, expresses haste or remonstrance.
• To move towards; draw near; reach; arrive; be present; to issue from a source; become; occur as a result; approach in kind or quality; happen.
• To move toward this place ( the opp. of go): to draw near: to arrive at a certain state or condition: to issue: to happen:- pr. p. coming; pa. t. came; pa. p. come.
• To move toward; approach; arrive.
• To move to or toward the speaker; draw nigh; arrive; happen.
• develop into; " This idea will never amount to anything"; " nothing came of his grandiose plans"
• come forth; " A scream came from the woman's mouth"; " His breath came hard"
• be found or available; " These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"
• 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"
• come to one's mind; suggest itself; " It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; " A great idea then came to her"
• 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"
• 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"
• proceed or get along; " How is she doing in her new job?"; " How are you making out in graduate school?"; " He's come a long way"
• be a native of; " She hails from Kalamazoo"
• be received; " News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
• extend or reach; " The water came up to my waist"; " The sleeves come to your knuckles"
• come under, be classified or included; " fall into a category"; " This comes under a new heading"
• 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"
• To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.
• To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.
• To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance.
• To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.
• To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.
• To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come untied.
• To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here.
• Coming.
• Come.
• Comer.
• Came.

Usage examples for come

1. I have come that I may see.  The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham

2. He wadna min' doin' ill that gude micht come."  Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald

3. Why did you not come to us?"  The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope

4. Oh, come now; that I did!  The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn