come
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Pronunciation
[change]- (UK) enPR: kŭm, IPA (key): /kʌm/ or [kʰɐm]
- (US) enPR: kŭm, IPA (key): /kʌm/ or [kʰʌm]
Audio (UK) Duration: 2 seconds. (file) Audio (US) Duration: 1 second. (file) - Homophone: cum
Verb
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- To move towards a place or into a place; to move to the place where the person who is talking is. [antonym ▼]
- 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.
- The past participle of come.
Related words and phrases
[change]Preposition
[change]Preposition |
- When something happens or arrives.
- We'll talk again come January.
Noun
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Plural |