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Comes

Comes ( KOH-meez), plural comites ( KOM-i-teez), is the Latin word for "companion", either individually or as a member of a collective denominated a "comitatus", especially the suite of a magnate, being in some instances sufficiently large and/or formal to justify specific denomination, e.g. a "cohors amicorum".

Come

Move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker
Jess came into the kitchen
He came rushing out
I came here on holiday with my parents

Comes

To advance toward the speaker or toward a specified place; approach
Come to me.

Come

Occur; happen; take place
His father waited for a phone call that never came
Twilight had not yet come
A chance like this doesn't come along every day

Comes

To advance in a specified manner
The children came reluctantly when I insisted.
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Come

Take or occupy a specified position in space, order, or priority
Prisons come well down the list of priorities
I make sure my kids come first

Comes

To make progress; advance
A former drug addict who has come a long way.

Come

Pass into a specified state, especially one of separation or disunion
His shirt had come undone

Comes

To fare
How are things coming today? They're coming fine.

Come

Be sold, available, or found in a specified form
The shirts come in three sizes
The cars come with a variety of extras
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Comes

To reach a particular point in a series or as a result of orderly progression
At last we came to the chapter on ergonomics.

Come

Have an orgasm.

Comes

To arrive, as in due course
Dawn comes at 5 AM in June.

Come

When a specified time is reached or event happens
I don't think that they'll be far away from honours come the new season

Comes

To move into view; appear
The moon came over the horizon.

Come

Semen ejaculated at an orgasm.

Comes

To occur in time; take place
The game will be played tomorrow, come rain or shine.

Come

To advance toward the speaker or toward a specified place; approach
Come to me.

Comes

To arrive at a particular result or end
Come to an understanding.

Come

To advance in a specified manner
The children came reluctantly when I insisted.

Comes

To arrive at or reach a particular state or condition
Come to your senses!.

Come

To make progress; advance
A former drug addict who has come a long way.

Comes

To move or be brought to a particular position
The convoy came to an abrupt halt.

Come

To fare
How are things coming today? They're coming fine.

Comes

To extend; reach
Water that came to my waist.

Come

To reach a particular point in a series or as a result of orderly progression
At last we came to the chapter on ergonomics.

Comes

To have priority; rank
My work comes first.

Come

To arrive, as in due course
Dawn comes at 5 AM in June.

Comes

To happen as a result
This mess comes of your carelessness.

Come

To move into view; appear
The moon came over the horizon.

Comes

To fall to one
No good can come of this.

Come

To occur in time; take place
The game will be played tomorrow, come rain or shine.

Comes

To occur in the mind
A good idea just came to me.

Come

To arrive at a particular result or end
Come to an understanding.

Comes

To issue forth
A cry came from the frightened child.

Come

To arrive at or reach a particular state or condition
Come to your senses!.

Comes

To be derived; originate
Oaks come from acorns.

Come

To move or be brought to a particular position
The convoy came to an abrupt halt.

Comes

To be descended
They come from a good family.

Come

To extend; reach
Water that came to my waist.

Comes

To be within a given range or spectrum of reference or application
This stipulation comes within the terms of your contract.

Come

To have priority; rank
My work comes first.

Comes

To be a native or resident
My friend comes from Chicago.

Come

To happen as a result
This mess comes of your carelessness.

Comes

To add up to a certain amount
Expenses came to more than income.

Come

To fall to one
No good can come of this.

Comes

To become
The knot came loose. This is a dream that has come true.

Come

To occur in the mind
A good idea just came to me.

Comes

To turn out to be
A good education doesn't come cheap.

Come

To issue forth
A cry came from the frightened child.

Comes

To be available or obtainable
Shoes that come in all sizes.

Come

To be derived; originate
Oaks come from acorns.

Comes

Vulgar Slang To experience orgasm.

Come

To be descended
They come from a good family.

Comes

Semen ejaculated during orgasm.

Come

To be within a given range or spectrum of reference or application
This stipulation comes within the terms of your contract.

Comes

(music) The answer to the theme, or dux, in a fugue.

Come

To be a native or resident
My friend comes from Chicago.

Comes

The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.

Come

To add up to a certain amount
Expenses came to more than income.

Come

To become
The knot came loose. This is a dream that has come true.

Come

To turn out to be
A good education doesn't come cheap.

Come

To be available or obtainable
Shoes that come in all sizes.

Come

Vulgar Slang To experience orgasm.

Come

Semen ejaculated during orgasm.

Come

(intransitive) To move from further away to nearer to.
She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes...

Come

To move towards the speaker.
I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
Stop dawdling and come here!

Come

To move towards the listener.
Hold on, I'll come in a second.
You should ask the doctor to come to your house.

Come

To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
Hundreds of thousands of people come to Disneyland every year.

Come

(in subordinate clauses and gerunds) To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause.
King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
He threw the boomerang, which came right back to him.

Come

To move towards an unstated agent.
The butler should come when called.

Come

(intransitive) To arrive.

Come

(intransitive) To appear, to manifest itself.
The pain in his leg comes and goes.

Come

(with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.
We came to believe that he was not so innocent after all.
She came to think of that country as her home.

Come

(with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.
Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?

Come

(intransitive) To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.
Which letter comes before Y?
Winter comes after autumn.

Come

To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
He came after a few minutes.

Come

To become butter by being churned.

Come

To approach a state of being or accomplishment.
They came very close to leaving on time.
His test scores came close to perfect.
One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.

Come

To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.
He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits.

Come

To become, to turn out to be.
He was a dream come true.

Come

(intransitive) To be supplied, or made available; to exist.
He's as tough as they come.
Our milkshakes come in vanilla, strawberry and chocolate flavours.
A new sports car doesn't come cheap.

Come

(slang) To carry through; to succeed in.
You can't come any tricks here.

Come

(intransitive) Happen.
This kind of accident comes when you are careless.

Come

To have as an origin, originate.

Come

To have a certain social background.

Come

To be or have been a resident or native.
Where did you come from?

Come

To have been brought up by or employed by.
She comes from a good family.
He comes from a disreputable legal firm.

Come

To begin (at a certain location); to radiate or stem (from).
The river comes from Bear Lake.
Where does this road come from?

Come

To germinate.

Come

To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.
Don’t come the innocent victim. We all know who’s to blame here.

Come

(obsolete) Coming, arrival; approach.

Come

Semen

Come

Female ejaculatory discharge.

Come

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Come

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.
Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
Come summer, we would all head off to the coast.

Come

An exclamation to express annoyance.
Come come! Stop crying.
Come now! You must eat it.

Come

An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
Come come! You can do it.
Come now! It won't bite you.

Come

To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; - opposed to go.
Look, who comes yonder?
I did not come to curse thee.

Come

To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.
When we came to Rome.
Lately come from Italy.

Come

To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance.
The hour is coming, and now is.
So quick bright things come to confusion.

Come

To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.
From whence come wars?
Both riches and honor come of thee !

Come

To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.
Then butter does refuse to come.

Come

To get to be, as the result of change or progress; - with a predicate; as, to come untied.
How come you thus estranged?
How come her eyes so bright?
Think not that I am come to destroy.
We are come off like Romans.
The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year.
They were criedIn meeting, come next Sunday.
On better thoughts, and my urged reasons,They are come about, and won to the true side.

Come

To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here.

Come

Coming.

Come

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

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress;
She arrived home at 7 o'clock
She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight

Come

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

Reach a state, relation, or condition;
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

Come

To be the product or result;
Melons come from a vine
Understanding comes from experience

Come

Enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position;
He came into contact with a terrorist group
The shoes came untied
I came to see his point of view
Her face went red with anger
The knot came loose
Your wish will come true

Come

Be found or available;
These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled

Come

Come forth;
A scream came from the woman's mouth
His breath came hard

Come

Be a native of;
She hails from Kalamazoo

Come

Extend or reach;
The water came up to my waist
The sleeves come to your knuckles

Come

Exist or occur in a certain point in a series;
Next came the student from France

Come

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

Come

Cover a certain distance;
She came a long way

Come

Come under, be classified or included;
Fall into a category
This comes under a new heading

Come

Happen as a result;
Nothing good will come of this

Come

Add up in number or quantity;
The bills amounted to $2,000
The bill came to $2,000

Come

Develop into;
This idea will never amount to anything
Nothing came of his grandiose plans

Come

Be received;
News came in of the massacre in Rwanda

Come

Come to one's mind; suggest itself;
It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary
A great idea then came to her

Come

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

Come

Experience orgasm;
She could not come because she was too upset

Come

Have a certain priority;
My family comes first

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