When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
When he came to and raised his head he saw Barney. [VERBPARTICLE]
More Synonyms of come to
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come to in British English
verb(intransitive)
1. (adverb; orprep. and reflexive)
to regain consciousness or return to one's normal state
2. (adverb) nautical
to slow a vessel or bring her to a stop
3. (preposition)
to amount to (a sum of money)
your bill comes to forty pounds
4. (preposition)
to arrive at (a certain state)
what is the world coming to?
come to in American English
1.
to recover consciousness
2. Nautical
a.
to bring the ship's head nearer the wind
b.
to stop moving; also, to anchor
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Examples of 'come to' in a sentence
come to
The men all wore that same serious, wary expression that she had come to associate with the Defenders.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
If you will not come to me through love, you will come to me through fear.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
Still, in his short time here he had come to enjoy working with the Australians.
Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2001)
I tried to read his expression, tried to discern whether he'd come to help me or arrest me.
James Grippando A KING'S RANSOM (2001)
All related terms of 'come to'
to come
When you refer to a time or an event to come or one that is still to come , you are referring to a future time or event.
come on to
When you come on to a particular topic , you start discussing it.
come up to
To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it.
come back to
If you come back to a topic or point, you talk about it again later.
come down to
If a problem , decision , or question comes down to a particular thing, that thing is the most important factor involved.
come home to
to become absolutely clear to
come to hand
to become available ; be received
come to life
If something or someone comes to life , they become active .
come to pass
to take place
come to rest
When an object that has been moving comes to rest , it finally stops.
come to blows
to disagree so strongly about something that you start to fight
come to grief
If something comes to grief , it fails . If someone comes to grief , they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt .
come to grips
to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
come to light
to be revealed
come to nought
If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful , you can say that your efforts come to nought .
come to terms
to reach acceptance or agreement
to come clean
If you come clean about something that you have been keeping secret , you admit it or tell people about it.
to come to blows
If two people or groups come to blows , they start fighting .
come to a head
if a problem or disagreement comes to a head, it reaches a state where you have to take action to deal with it. You can also say that a particular event or factor brings a problem or disagreement to a head.
come to an end
to become completed or exhausted
come-to-bed eyes
a sexually alluring expression
come to handgrips
to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
come to no good
to come to a bad end; end in failure , trouble , etc.
come to the boil
if anger comes to the boil , it increases until it reaches a very high level
come to oneself
to recover one's senses
to come a gutzer
to make an error or blunder
to come unstitched
to go wrong or awry
to come to an end
If something comes to an end , it stops .
come back to earth
to return to reality from a fantasy or daydream
come down to earth
to have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement
come home to roost
If bad or wrong things that someone has done in the past have come home to roost , or if their chickens have come home to roost , they are now experiencing the unpleasant effects of these actions .
come to grips with
If you come to grips with a problem , you consider it seriously , and start taking action to deal with it.
come to light with
to find or produce
come to terms with
If you come to terms with something difficult or unpleasant , you learn to accept and deal with it.
come to the party
to take part or become involved
to come up trumps
If you say that someone came up trumps , you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to.
to come to full term
to be carried or last until the ninth month of gestation or pregnancy
come back to someone
(of something forgotten ) to return to someone's memory
come to one's senses
to regain consciousness
come to sb's notice
If something comes to your notice , you become aware of it.
come to the surface
to emerge ; become apparent
come to think of it
You use the expression come to think of it to indicate that you have suddenly realized something, often something obvious .
come/get to the point
When someone comes to the point or gets to the point , they start talking about the thing that is most important to them.
come to a sticky end
to die in an unpleasant or violent way
come to one's knowledge
to become known to one
come to sb's assistance
If you come to someone's assistance , you take action to help them.
get/come to grips with
If you get to grips with a problem or if you come to grips with it, you consider it seriously , and start taking action to deal with it.
to come off second best
to be defeated
to come to a grinding halt
If you say that something comes to a grinding halt , you are emphasizing that it stops very suddenly, especially before it was meant to.
to come to a screeching halt
(of a motor vehicle) to stop suddenly , causing the brakes or tyres to produce a high-pitched sound