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come /kum/ intransitive verb (comˈing; came /kām/; come)- To move toward the place that is the point of view of the speaker or writer, opp of go
- To draw near
- To arrive at a certain state or condition
- To occupy a specific place in order, priority, etc
- To issue, to happen, to turn out
- To yield (Shakespeare)
- To become
- To amount (to)
- To reach
- To begin to be in some condition
- To achieve a sexual orgasm, to ejaculate (slang)
- To be had, got or gained
- (only 3rd pers sing; esp in subjunctive) when (a certain time) comes (as in Come five o'clock, it will be dark outside)
transitive verb (informal)- To act the part of, assume the behaviour of, as in Don't come the innocent with me
- (with it) to try to impress, assert one's authority over, etc
interjection (or imperative) Expressive of encouragement, protest or reproof (often in phrases come come or come now) noun (vulgar sl; also cum)Ejaculated semen ORIGIN: OE cuman; Ger kommen comˈer (also archaic commˈer) noun - Someone who comes or has come
- A person who shows promise (informal)
comˈing noun - Arrival or approach
- (esp with cap) the Advent, or the hoped-for return (also Second Coming) of Christ
interjection Used as a response to a request or requirement for one's attention or presence adjective- Future
- Of future importance
- Ready to make or meet advances (archaic)
come-and-goˈ noun Passage to and fro come-atˈ-able adjective (informal) Accessible comeˈback noun - A return, esp to a former activity or good, popular, successful, etc state
- A revival
- A retort, rejoinder
- Cause or ability to complain
- Recrimination
comeˈdown noun - A descent
- A disappointment or deflation
- A degradation
come-hithˈer noun - An invitation to approach
- Allure
adjective (of a look, manner, etc) inviting (esp sexually), alluring comeˈ-off noun - A conclusion
- An evasion of duty
comeˈ-on noun (informal) - Encouragement, esp sexual
- Persuasion
comeˈ-o'-will noun - Something that comes of its own accord
- An illegitimate child (also comeˈ-by-chance)
comeuppˈance noun (informal) Deserved rebuke or punishment comˈings-inˈ plural noun Income all comers Everyone who arrives, volunteers, etc as…as they come To the greatest extent possible as it comes However it is made, in any way whatsoever come about - To happen
- To turn to face the opposite way (nautical)
come across - To find (a specific thing) esp during a general search
- To make an impression
- To give or supply (often with with)
- (of a woman) to be responsive to sexual advances (slang)
come again? (informal) - What did you say?
- Pardon?
come along - To progress
- To arrive
- (in imperative) hurry up
come and go - To fluctuate
- To have freedom of movement or action
come apart To fall to pieces come at - To reach
- To attack
- To approach
come away - To leave
- To become detached
come back - To return to popularity, office, etc after being in a losing position, a period of obscurity, etc
- To return to life
- To become fashionable again
- To return to memory
- To retort (esp N American)
come before To appear in response to a summons by (a figure of authority) to be dealt with come between - To cause a rift between (two people, etc)
- To create a barrier or division between
come by - To come near
- To pass by
- (as a command to sheepdogs) move to the left of the group of sheep being herded
- To visit (esp N American)
- To obtain or acquire
- To come in
come down - To descend
- To be reduced, to decrease
- To lose (esp financial) status
- To emerge from the state induced by a hallucinogenic or addictive drug
- To leave university, esp Oxford or Cambridge
- (with to) to be a question of
- To be an inheritance
come down (up)on To be severe with, to punish come down with To become ill with or contract (a disease) come for - To arrive in order to collect
- To attack
come forward To identify or present oneself (as a volunteer, as a witness, etc) come from To originate from or in come high or low To cost much or little come home - To return to one's house
- To touch one's interest or feelings closely, to affect (with to)
- (of an anchor) to drag or slip through the ground (nautical)
come in - To enter
- To arrive
- To receive (money, income, etc)
- To have a role or function
- To become fashionable
- To reply to a radio signal or call
- (of the tide) to rise
- To start an innings (cricket)
- To get within the opponent's guard (fencing)
come in for - To receive as, or as if as, one's share
- To receive incidentally
come in on To become a partner, etc in (eg a business venture) come into - To inherit
- To be involved in
- (of plants) to begin producing (flowers, leaves, etc)
come into one's own To have the opportunity to demonstrate or practise one's special skills, aptitudes, etc come it strong (informal) To do or say much, go to great lengths, exaggerate come of - To be a descendant of
- To be the consequence of, arise or result from
- To become of
come of age To reach full legal adult status come off - To come away
- To become detached (from)
- To obtain a specified type of result (with best, worst, etc)
- To desist from
- To prove successful
- To have an orgasm (vulgar sl)
come off it! (informal) Don't be ridiculous! come on - To advance
- To thrive, succeed
- To proceed
- To begin
- To appear
- To give the impression of being (informal)
- Often in imperative as a challenge or exhortation to attack, proceed, hurry, recover from low spirits, etc
come on stream (of oil-wells) to start regular production (also figurative) come on strong (informal) To speak or act forcefully or aggressively come on to (informal) To make sexual advances towards come out - To emerge
- To appear
- To result (well, etc)
- To be published or made available
- To become known or evident
- To be solved
- To enter society
- To be released or leave (prison, hospital, etc)
- To declare openly one's homosexuality (slang)
- (of photographs) to develop successfully
- (of stains, marks, etc) to be removed
- To erupt (in spots, a rash, etc)
- To stop work, strike
- To declare oneself (against or in favour of)
come out with - To utter, to say
- To exclaim
come over - To befall
- To change sides or allegiance
- To come into the mind of
- To make an impression (with as)
- Suddenly to experience a certain feeling or mood (as in come over faint; informal)
come round - To come by a circuitous path
- To visit
- To happen in due course
- To recur
- To veer
- To become favourable (in opinion, etc)
- To become amenable
- To recover consciousness from a faint, etc
come short To fail come short of To fail to attain come through - To survive
- To succeed or complete successfully (an exam, test, etc)
- To arrive, having passed through a (usu administrative) process or system
- To pass through
come through for To be a source of help for come to - To obtain
- To amount to
- To be a question of
- To proceed as far as
- To recover consciousness
- To stop (nautical)
come to grief To meet with disaster or failure come to oneself To return to one's normal state of mind come to pass (esp Bible) To happen come to rest To halt come to stay To become permanent come to that In actual fact, that being the case come true To be fulfilled, to happen come under - To be included under
- To be subjected to (fire, attack, etc)
come undone or unfastened, etc To become detached, loose, etc come up - To present itself in discussion, etc
- To appear
- To shine after cleaning or polishing
come up against To encounter (an obstacle, difficulty) come up to - To reach (a specified point in space or time)
- To equal
come upon - To attack
- To affect
- To hold answerable
- To meet
- To find
come up with To suggest come what may Whatever happens give someone the come-on To invite or entice, esp sexually have it coming (informal) To have no chance of avoiding, or to get, one's just deserts how come? How does it happen that? not know if one is coming or going To be totally confused, perplexed or disorientated to come Future up and coming - Approaching
- Promising
when it comes to As far as, regarding up /up/ adverb- In, to or toward a higher place, level or state
- Aloft
- On high
- Towards a centre (such as a capital, great town, or university)
- In residence, at school or college
- Northward
- To windward
- In or to a more erect position or more advanced stage of erection
- Out of bed
- On horseback
- In an excited state
- In revolt
- With (increased) vigour, intensity or loudness
- Afoot
- Amiss
- Into prominence, notice or consideration
- Forward for sale
- In or into court
- Into custody, keeping or possession
- Away in a receptacle, place of storage or lodging (such as a sheath, purse or stable)
- Ahead in scoring
- Into closed or compact state, together
- To a total
- In, near or towards arrival, overtaking or being abreast
- As far as
- All the way
- To a standstill
- At an end
- To a finish
- Thoroughly, completely, fully
- Well-informed, versed
—Also elliptically passing into use as a verb or interjection by omission of verbs such as go, come, put, etc, often followed by with adjective (compar uppˈer; superl upˈmost or uppˈermost see below)- Placed, going or directed up
- Top
- Risen
- (of time) ended
- Having won (a stated number) more holes than an opponent (golf)
preposition- In an ascent along, through or by
- To or in a higher position on
- To or in an inner or more remote part of
- Along against the current
- Along
- Up into (N American)
noun- A rise
- A high place
- A success, spell of prosperity
- Someone who is in prosperity
transitive verb (uppˈing; upped /upt/)- To drive upstream (as swans for owner marking)
- To lift or haul up
- To raise, increase
intransitive verb (informal)- To set up
- To move up
- To intervene boldly, start into activity or speech
ORIGIN: OE ūp, upp up, uppe above, uppian to rise; Ger auf upˈmost adjective Uppermost uppˈer adjective (see above) - Higher
- Superior
- Higher in rank
noun- The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt
- An upper tooth
- A drug producing a stimulant or euphoric effect, or a pill containing such a drug (slang)
uppˈermost adjective (see above) - Highest
- First to come into the mind
adverb In the highest place, first uppˈing noun The action of up (vt) (see above) uppˈish adjective Assuming, pretentious, snobbish uppˈishly adverb uppˈishness noun uppˈity adjective - Uppish
- Difficult to control, resistant to persuasion
upˈward /-wərd/ adverb - (also upwards) from lower to higher
- From outlet towards source
- From modern to more ancient
- In the upper part (upward of or upwards of more than; and upwards and higher, and more)
preposition Upwards along adjective- Directed upward
- Ascending
- Placed high
noun (Shakespeare)Top upˈwardly adverb upˈwardness noun - A rising tendency
- A state of being high
upˈ-and-comˈing adjective - Alert and pushful
- Likely to succeed (in a career, etc)
upˈ-and-downˈ adjective - (see also up and down below) undulating
- Going or working both, or alternately, up and down
- Downright (US)
noun (golf; informal) An act of completing a hole from a position off the green by using one lofted shot and one putt upˈ-and-oˈver adjective (of a door, etc) raised to a horizontal position when opened (also upˈ-oˈver) upˈ-and-unˈderˈ noun (rugby) A movement in which the ball is kicked high and forward, and the players rush to try to catch it upˈ-beat noun - An unaccented beat, at which the conductor raises his baton
- An optimistic note or mood
- A promising development
adjective (informal; upˈbeat) - Cheerful
- Optimistic
upˈbow noun (music) A movement of the bow from point towards nut over the strings upˈ-current or upˈ-draught noun A rising current of air upfront see up front below. upˈland noun - Inland, hilly or high-lying country
- Upper or high land, as opposed to meadows, river-sides, etc (N American)
adjective - High-lying
- Remote
- Inland
- Rural
- Of the uplands
upland cotton noun A variety of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) orig grown in America upˈlander noun uplandˈish adjective (obsolete) - Rustic
- Rural
- Outlandish
upˈ-line noun A railway line for upgoing trains (ie those going to, not from, eg a city) upper atmosphere noun The region of the atmosphere above about 20 miles from the earth uppˈer-brackˈet adjective In an upper grouping in a list, etc uppˈer-case adjective (printing) Literally, kept in an upper case, capital as opposed to small (of letters) upper chamber same as upper house below. upper class or upper classes noun The people of the highest social rank uppˈer-classˈ adjective upper crust noun - The top of a loaf
- The aristocracy, or the upper class or classes in any society
- The head (slang)
- A hat (slang)
uppˈer-crustˈ adjective Upper-class, aristocratic uppˈercut noun An upward short-arm blow upper hand noun Mastery, advantage upper house noun In a bicameral legislature, the house that is the more restricted in membership, eg House of Lords, Senate of USA and other countries upper regions plural noun - Heaven
- The heavens, the sky
Upper Roger noun Corruption of Hindi Yuva-rājā, young prince upper school noun The senior pupils in a secondary school upper storey or (esp in N American) upper story noun - Any storey above the first floor
- The brain (slang)
upper ten (thousand) noun The richest or most influential class uppˈerworks plural noun - The upper part of a structure (of a ship above the load-line)
- The head (slang)
uppˈing-block, uppˈing-stock or uppˈing-stone noun A mounting block upˈside noun - The upper side
- A positive or favourable aspect
adverb On the upper side upside down or upˈside-downˈ adverb (earlier up so down; Spenser upˈsideowneˈ) - With the upper part undermost
- In, or into, complete confusion
adjective Turned upside down upside-down cake noun A sponge cake baked with fruit at the bottom and turned upside down before it is served upˈsides adverb - On a par (with with)
- Beside
upˈ-train noun A railway train proceeding towards the chief terminus upward mobility noun The (desired) state of the upwardly mobile, those people moving (or attempting to move) to a higher social rank or position of greater status be up in To have a knowledge of have had it up to here (informal) To have had as much as one can take, to be fed up (usu with a gesture towards the throat) it is all up (with) There is no hope (for) not up (tennis) Called when the ball bounces twice before the player manages to hit it on one's uppers - With soles worn off one's shoes
- Very short of money
on the up (cricket) (of a stroke) played as the ball rises from its bounce on the up and up - In a state of continuous progress towards ever greater success
- Honest, on the level
something is up Something is amiss, something unusual or unexpected is happening or has happened up against Face to face with, confronted with up against it In almost desperate straits up and doing Bestirring oneself up and down - To and fro
- Here and there through or about
- Throughout
- Vertically
- Out-and-out
up and running Fully functional up at Attending, studying at (a university) up close and personal Intimate or intimately up for - Available for or undergoing (some process)
- Willing to take part in (informal)
- Standing as a candidate for
up front - At the front
- To the forefront
- Foremost
- (of money) paid in advance
- Candidly, openly (up-frontˈ or upfrontˈ adjective)
up oneself (slang) Smugly pleased with oneself ups and downs - Undulations
- Vicissitudes
up sticks (informal) To move one's home, business, etc, decamp up to - As far up as
- Into the immediate neighbourhood or presence of
- Immersed or embedded as far as
- About, meditating or engaged in doing (informal)
- Capable of and ready for (informal)
- Incumbent upon
up to date - To the present time or time in question
- Containing all recent facts, statistics, etc
- Knowing the latest developments of fashion, usage, etc (upˈ-to-dateˈ adjective)
up top (informal) In the head, in respect of intelligence up to speed - Having reached the required speed
- Fully informed of the latest developments (informal)
- On the alert, ready for action (informal)
up to the minute or moment Right up to the present time (up-to-the-minˈute or up-to-the-moˈment adjective very up-to-date) up town - Into town
- In or to the residential part of a town (N American)
up with - Abreast of
- Even with
- To take off or swallow
- Put, get, etc up (see under up), often as an exclamation of approbation and partisanship
up yours (vulgar sl) An expression of strong refusal, defiance, contempt, etc what's up? (with you?, etc) What's the matter, what's wrong (with you, etc)? |