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verb
  1. develop into
    "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
    come  add up  amount 
  2. add up in number or quantity
    "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
    total  number  add up  come  amount 
  3. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
    "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
    arrive  get  come 
  4. come to pass; arrive, as in due course
    "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
    come 
  5. be found or available
    "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"
    come 
  6. reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
    "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"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true"
    come 
  7. happen as a result
    "Nothing good will come of this"
    come 
  8. have a certain priority
    "My family comes first"
    come 
  9. come to one's mind; suggest itself
    "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
    occur  come 
  10. 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"
    come  come up 
  11. be received
    "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
    come  come in 
  12. cover a certain distance
    "She came a long way"
    come 
  13. experience orgasm
    "she could not come because she was too upset"
    come 
  14. come under, be classified or included
    "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
    fall  come 
  15. 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"
    do  fare  make out  come  get along 
  16. extend or reach
    "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
    come 
  17. to be the product or result
    "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
    come  follow 
  18. exist or occur in a certain point in a series
    "Next came the student from France"
    come 
  19. be a native of
    "She hails from Kalamazoo"
    hail  come 
  20. come forth
    "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"
    issue forth  come 
  21. come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
    "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
    derive  come  descend 
noun
  1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
    semen  seed  seminal fluid  ejaculate  cum  come 
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