to move towards somebody or something nearer, esp towards the speaker; to approach
to accompany somebody in an activity
Can we come sailing?
to reach a specified position in a progression
Now we come to the section on health
to arrive, appear, or occur
The time has come
used in the subjunctive mood before an expression of future time
a year ago come March
(often + to) to approach or fulfil a specified condition
You'll come to no harm
He came to his senses
to happen to or affect somebody or something
No harm will come to you
used to express arrival at a specified condition
came to regard him as a friend
used to express a chance occurrence
How did you come to be invited?
to extend or reach
Her dress came to her ankles
to amount
That comes to £20 exactly
to fall within the specified limits, scope, or jurisdiction
This comes within the terms of the treaty
(+ from) to issue or originate
Comedy comes from conflict, from hatred — Warren Mitchell
to be available or turn out, usu as specified
This model comes in several sizes
The holiday didn't come cheap
to occur or belong in a specified place or relation
The address comes above the date
Monday comes after Sunday
to reach a specified state
The string came loose
It all came right in the end
to take form
The story won't come
informal to have a sexual orgasm
to move nearer by traversing (a specified distance)
He has come several miles
informal to take on the aspect of (somebody); to play the role of
Don't come the old soldier with me
without stipulated additions
I'll take my whisky as it comes
to meet with or find (somebody or something) by chance
informal used as a request for a remark to be repeated
to get possession of (something); to acquire
Good jobs are hard to come by
informal to tell the whole story; to confess
to acquire (something) as a possession or inheritance
He came into a fortune
chiefly Brit, informal to act with bold disrespect
Don't come it with me
to be descended from (e.g. a family or line)
to result from (something)
informal an expression of disbelief at what somebody has said
to affect (somebody) suddenly and strangely
What's come over you?
to fall to somebody's lot
to survive (an illness, etc)
to recover consciousness
to be a question of (something)
I'm hopeless when it comes to arithmetic
to total (an amount)
The bill came to over £50
to recover consciousness or self-control
formal or literary to happen
to meet with or find (somebody or something) by chance
informal to deserve what one is going to get
to be in a state of frantic disorder and bewilderment
in the future; coming
in years to come
informal what their viewpoint or motivation is