come to

phrasal verb

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	come to
he/she/it	comes to
present participle	coming to
past tense	came to
past participle	come to

1
transitive (come to someone) if something comes to you, you think of it or remember it
The idea came to me when we were on holiday.
Her name will come to me in a minute.
it comes to someone that:
It came to her that it was foolish to expect him to help.
Synonyms and related words
To cause someone to remember
remind
come to
bring back
2
transitive (come to something) to reach a particular total when everything is added together
With salaries and overtime the bill came to £752,000.
Synonyms and related words
To add up to a total
add up
come to
amount to
3
transitive (come to something) same as come on to
I’ll come on to some of the effects of this policy in a moment.
4
transitive (come to something) to reach a particular state or point, especially one that is bad or unpleasant
If it comes to war, NATO forces will be stronger in the air.
Synonyms and related words
To reach a particular amount, point, or state
reach
come
come to
1. 4a
  used for emphasizing how bad a situation is and how shocked or upset you are about it
  something has come to this:
  So, has our relationship come to this? Two people with nothing to say to each other.
  what something is coming to:
  You wonder what the world is coming to when young children are dying of hunger.
  it comes to something when:
  It comes to something when you don’t even remember your own mother’s birthday.
  Synonyms and related words
  Ways of emphasizing how bad something is
  utterly
  sadly
  hopelessly
5
transitive (come to someone) to become someone’s property, especially because the previous owner has died
Synonyms and related words
Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
an accident of birth
be descended from
beneficiary
6
transitive (come to something) to finally achieve a particular level of success
come to nothing/something/not much etc:
His teachers all agreed that he wouldn’t come to anything much.
Synonyms and related words
To finish something
complete
end
carry through
7
when it comes to (doing) somethingwhen the subject being discussed is a particular thing
When it comes to holidays, I prefer something lazy.
When it comes to writing letters, she’s hopeless.
Synonyms and related words
Something that you are discussing
referent
matter
issue
8
same as come round