Comes vs. Come — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Comes and Come
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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
