Added 3 October 2026

come

/kʌm/ verb

In Latin: venio, progredior Wiktionary

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To move nearer to the point of perspective.
She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]
To move toward the speaker.
I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
To move toward the listener.
Hold on, I'll come in a second.

noun

Coming, arrival; approach.
Female ejaculatory discharge.

preposition

Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.
Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoction to offer your guests.

interjection

An exclamation to express annoyance.
Come, come! Stop crying.
An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
Come, come! You can do it.

Origin

From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”).

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