noun
- The act of drawing spatially closer to something.
- usage: "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
- synonyms: approach, approaching
- Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous. )
- usage: "the advent of the computer"
- synonyms: advent
- The temporal property of becoming nearer in time.
- usage: "the approach of winter"
- synonyms: approach, approaching
- The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.
- synonyms: orgasm, climax, sexual climax
verb
- Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.
- usage: "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here"; "come out of the closet"; "come into the room"
- Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.
- usage: "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
- Come to pass; arrive, as in due course.
- usage: "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
- synonyms: come
- Reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: come
- To be the product or result.
- usage: "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
- Be found or available.
- usage: "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"
- synonyms: come
- Come forth.
- usage: "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"
- synonyms: issue forth, come
- Be a native of.
- usage: "She hails from Kalamazoo"
- Extend or reach.
- usage: "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
- synonyms: come
- Exist or occur in a certain point in a series.
- usage: "Next came the student from France"
- synonyms: come
- Cover a certain distance.
- usage: "She came a long way"
- synonyms: come
- Come under, be classified or included.
- usage: "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
- Happen as a result.
- usage: "Nothing good will come of this"
- synonyms: come
- Add up in number or quantity.
- usage: "The bills amounted to $2, 000"; "The bill came to $2, 000"
- Develop into.
- usage: "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
- Be received.
- usage: "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
- Come to one's mind; suggest itself.
- usage: "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"
- Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.
- usage: "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
- Proceed or get along.
- usage: "How is she doing in her new job"; "How are you making out in graduate school"; "He's come a long way"
- Experience orgasm.
- usage: "she could not come because she was too upset"
- synonyms: come
- Have a certain priority.
- usage: "My family comes first"
- synonyms: come
adjective
- Of the relatively near future.
- usage: "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
- synonyms: approaching, forthcoming, upcoming
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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