come

come is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

• enPR: /kŭm/
• IPA: /kʌm/
• SAMPA: /kVm/
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Homophones

• cum

Verb

Plain form come

Third person singular comes

Simple past came

Past participle come

Present participle coming

1. To move towards a place or into a place; to move to the place where the person who is talking is.

   Come to my house and I will give you something to eat.

   Come here to me.

   Twenty people came to the party.

   He came here, but he went away again before you came here.

2. The past participle of come.

This short section needs someone to add to it.

Antonyms

• go

Related words and phrases

• come through
• comeuppance
• come on to
• come-on
• come out of the closet

Preposition

Preposition come

1. When something happens or arrives.

   We'll talk again come January.

Noun

Singular come

Plural none

(also spelled cum)

1. (slang) Semen.