come
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
How often you will meet it
Rank 84 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 285,708 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.136% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody also: come up He came singing down the roadCome with me to the Casbah
- reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress also: arrive, get She arrived home at 7 o'clockShe didn't get to Chicago until after midnight
- come to pass; arrive, as in due course The first success came three days laterIt came as a shock
- reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position The water came to a boilWe came to understand the true meaning of life
- to be the product or result also: follow Melons come from a vineUnderstanding comes from experience
- be found or available These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled
come in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Their father died suddenly--and they did not come.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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How things had come about even yet she could hardly remember or comprehend.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Author of "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," Etc.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1
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O come, come away From labor now reposing, Let busy care a while forbear; O come, come away.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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Yet that had come to him; it was not a thing he had done; boys are critical of such distinctions.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1