Definition von come come im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- relax, calm down
- Daniel come to judgement
- One who wisely settles a difficult matter
- Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
- A fictional ghost, who is a character of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, that wears a black robe, remains silent, and visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided
- Johnny-come-lately
- A newcomer; a novice; an upstart
She might take offense if some Johnny-come-lately thinks he can do a better job.
- all good things come to an end
- Nothing lasts forever
- all things come to those who wait
- A patient seeker will be satisfied in due time; patience is a virtue
- can I come in
- Indicates that the speaker is asking for permission to enter a room
- come
- To become, to turn out to be
He was a dream come true.
- come
- (with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment
His test scores came close to perfect.
- come
- Coming, arrival; approach
If we count three before the come of thee, thwacked thou art, and must go to the women.”.
- come
- To take a position to something else in a sequence
Winter comes after autumn.
- come
- (with to) 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 arrive
The guests came at eight o'clock.
- come
- Semen, or female ejaculatory discharge
- come
- To appear, to manifest itself
The pain in his leg comes and goes.
- come
- To move from further away to nearer to
She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes.
- come
- Alternative spelling of cum. To achieve orgasm
He came after a few minutes.
- come
- when an event has occurred or a time has arrived
Leave it to settle for about three months and, come Christmas time, you'll have a delicious concoctions to offer your guests.
- come a cropper
- To fall headlong from a horse
- come a cropper
- To suffer some misfortune; to fail
You couldn't help feeling he'd be caught out one day, and then what an almighty cropper he'd come!.
- come a long way
- To make significant progress
Computer-generated graphics have come a long way in the past few decades.
- come about
- To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to
- come about
- To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen
We have to ask, how did this come about?.
- come across
- To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image
A business suit and briefcase help her to come across as the competent professional she is.
- come across
- To find, usually by accident
In the meadow he will come across a rare flower.
- come after
- to purchase, follow
Don't try to come after me.
- come again
- Could you repeat that? Repeat that please. a polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said
Who says he did? / Aubry. / Yeah? A guy in for murder? Come again. / Glad to. Beebe says so too..
- come again
- Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit
- come aloft
- To mount sexually; also, to have an erection
Fowler (aside): She will not tempt me to come aloft, will she?.
- come along
- To progress; to make progress
The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.
- come along
- A type of hand-operated winch used to tighten straps
The kayak was tied to the roof of her car with two come alongs.
- come along
- To accompany
I'd like you to come along with me to the opera.
- come around
- To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first
Give her time, and she may come around and see things your way.
- come around
- To regain consciousness after a faint etc
- come at
- To attack
As I backed away, he came at me with a knife.
- come at
- To come to; to attend (a meeting, celebration etc.)
- come at
- To take on, attempt
Nah, mate – I'm not going to come at that again. Too risky.
- come at
- To enter into sexual relations with
- come at
- To get to, especially with effort or difficulty
His precise meaning was not easy to come at.
- come back
- To return to a place
But he never knew that it really was his own Bunny, come back to look at the child who had first helped him to be Real.
- come by
- To come near to; to pass; to visit
Your beau came by while you were shopping.
- come by
- A command to a sheepdog to move clockwise around the sheep
- come by
- To obtain; to get, especially by chance or involuntarily
A loyal friend is hard to come by.
- come clean
- To confess; admit
Should I come clean about eating the leftover chicken, or just blame it on the dog?.
- come down
- To be passed through time
Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.
- come down
- To descend
Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not. - 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Genesis 45:9.
- come down
- To decrease
Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.
- come down
- To return to a normal state of consciousness
He finally came down from his post-bonus high.
- come down
- To reach a decision
I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.
- come down
- To visit, to travel in order to meet
Come down and see me later.
- come down the pike
- to emerge, come up, present itself
- come down to
- To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence
The game is going to come down to the last five seconds.
- come down to
- To reach by moving down or reducing
Come down to my place someday and have lunch.
- come down to us
- To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form
As you’ll have noticed, a large number of pre-Renaissance writings on language have come down to us without any indication of their author’s name, or with a false one attached.
- come down with
- To contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness
With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.
- come forth
- To move forward and into view, to emerge, to appear
Suddenly a man appeared and came forth out of the fog.
- come from behind
- To be in a winning position after having been in a losing position
Tottenham came from behind to win the match 4-3.
- come full circle
- To make a complete change or reform
- come full circle
- To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things
- come hell or high water
- Regardless of the hardships
The pioneers were determined to build a community in the wilderness come hell or high water.
- come home to roost
- Of adverse consequences that had been apparently escaped, to return to the place of origin
Opponents see the latest indictments as a case of chickens coming home to roost.
- come in
- To enter
Please come in and look around.
- come in
- Of a broadcast, such as radio or television, to have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well
Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here.
- come in
- To join or enter; to begin playing with a group
They started together, but the drummer came in late.
- come in from the cold
- To gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before
Long an outsider in Western politics, Portugal came in from the cold after the 1974 Carnation Revolution.
- come in handy
- To be useful or helpful, especially at some time in the future
Even though he doesn't really know how to use them, he keeps the tools around, figuring they might come in handy someday.
- come into being
- To form; to start to exist
Sociologists would like to study how this phenomenon came into being.
- come into effect
- To become enforceable, or applicable
The new rules will come into effect on the 1st of January.
- come into its own
- to be very helpful or to do well in a particular situation
- come of
- To happen to
- come of age
- To mature, or become fully developed
Wikipedia has come of age and is the first place to look for information.
- come of age
- To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
- come off
- To have an orgasm
Don't people often come off together?’ she asked with naive curiosity.
- come off
- To become detached
One of the wagon wheels came off.
- come off
- To come away (from a place); to leave
- come off
- To appear; to seem; to project a certain quality
You should be careful about how you come off during interviews.
- come off
- To have some success, to succeed
He tried his Chaplin impression, but it didn't really come off.
- come off it
- An expression of disbelief
Come off it, you can't be serious.
- come on
- To progress, to develop
The new garden is coming on nicely.
- come on
- An expression of disbelief
Come on! You can't possibly expect me to believe that.
- come on
- To encounter, discover; to come upon
Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank.
- come on
- Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement
The free offers are just come ons to get you in the store so the sales staff can work on you.
- come on
- An expression of encouragement
Come on, George! You can win!.
- come on
- hurry up
- come on
- To get one's period, start menstruating
Typical. I'm due to come on just after we go on holiday.
- come on
- A statement or sometimes action reflecting sexual or relational interest
I thought he'd asked me to lunch to discuss business; I wasn't expecting a come on.
- come on
- To show sexual or relational interest through words or sometimes actions
She started coming on to me as soon as my wife left the room.
- come on down
- A catchphrase used on the American television game show "The Price is Right," inviting a member of the audience to come to Contestant's Row to play the game
- come on down
- An invitation to someone living to the north to come for a visit
- come on down
- An invitation to someone in the upstairs part of a building to come downstairs
Come on down! Breakfast is ready!.
- come on to
- To make a romantic or sexual advance to; to hit on
He was really coming on to me at the party.
- come online
- To login to an internet communication system, such as an instant messenger, online game or forum
Come online later; I want to talk to you.
- come online
- To enter service or become active
It will be some time before the new factory comes online, and until then we can't fulfill demand.
- come ons
- plural form of come on
- come out
- To come out of the closet
- come out
- To be discovered, be revealed
It came out that he had been lying all the time.
- come out
- To walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings
- come out
- To end up or result
There were a lot of problems at the start, but it all came out well in the end.
- come out
- To be published, be issued
My new book comes out next week.
- come out
- To make a formal debut in society
- come out in the wash
- Of problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally
It may look like a huge mess now, but I expect that it will all come out in the wash as time goes on.
- come out of one's shell
- To become a naturist. To convert to naturism
- come out of one's shell
- To reveal one's true self
- come out of the closet
- To tell others about homosexuality, bisexuality or any minority or disapproved-of belief, preference, etc., where previously this had been kept secret
She finally came out of the closet to her religious family regarding her atheism.
- come out of the woodwork
- to appear or emerge as though out of nowhere, frequently in large numbers or quantity
He won the lottery last year and he has had old friends and distant relatives coming out of the woodwork ever since.
- come out smelling like a rose
- Alternative form of smell like a rose
- come out smelling of roses
- Alternative form of smell like a rose
- come out swinging
- To initiate an encounter or interaction by behaving in an unrestrainedly aggressive, confrontational, or accusatory manner
So ingrained is the instinct for massive retaliation that Downing St. came out swinging before mastering the facts.
- come out swinging
- To display spunk and strength of character, especially when rising above or when fighting back against trouble or adversity
She'd endured cruelty and grief and still came out swinging.
- come out with
- To say something unexpected
He came out with a very dubious excuse.
- come over
- To change ones position or location
I think, Emmaline, he concluded, I will ask Ántonia to come over and help you in the kitchen. She will be glad to earn something, and it will be a good time to end misunderstandings. I may as well ride over this morning and make arrangements. Do you want to go with me, Jim? His tone told me that he had already decided for me.
- come over
- To affect
It was then that a great pity came over me for this thin shadow of man; thinking rather what a fine, tall gentleman Colonel Mohune had once been, and a good soldier no doubt besides, than that he had wasted a noble estate and played traitor to the king.
- come round
- to cease anger or hostility
- come round
- to recover consciousness
After the blow to my head, I took a while to come round.
- come round
- to change one's opinion
I'll explain it again, and maybe he'll come round to my way of thinking.
- come round
- to make a regular circuit
What day does the garbage man come round?.
- come round
- to visit one's home
would you like to come round for dinner tonight?.
- come stà
- An instruction to play without improvised ornamentation or rhythmic alteration
- come the acid
- to exaggerate
- come the acid
- to make oneself unpleasant, especially by sarcasm
'I know,' I said, 'but don't come the acid with me, friend.'.
- come through
- To succeed
The team came through in the end and won the pennant.
- come through
- To survive, to endure
He came through the surgery ok.
- come through
- (with an object preceded by the preposition for) Not to let somebody down, keep one's promise
She really came through for us when the project was in trouble.
- come to
- To devote attention to in due course; to come around to
I'll come to your question in a minute.
- come to
- To regard or specify, as narrowing a field of choices by category
When it comes to remorseless criminals, this guy takes the cake.
- come to
- To reach; to arrive at
come to a halt.
- come to
- To befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon
I pray no harm will come to you.
- come to
- To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about
The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.
- come to
- To recover consciousness after fainting etc
She came to with the aid of smelling salts.
- come to
- To total; to amount to
The bill comes to £10 each.
- come to Jesus
- To become committed or display commitment to a cause
- come to Jesus
- To experience or display a conversion or recommitment to Christianity or to undergo a related ritual, especially public confession of one's sins or weaknesses
- come to a head
- To rapidly come to a turning point
The escalating crisis between England and her American colonies came to a head when fighting broke out in 1775.
- come to a head
- To suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed
- come to a head
- To suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time
His festering anger came to a head after the incident.
- come to an end
- To stop; to cease; to no longer continue
- come to blows
- To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism
Iraqi security forces and peshmerga almost came to blows in the disputed area of Khanaqin, in Diyala province, after Iraqi troops tried to enter the mixed town.
- come to grief
- To have a disastrous outcome
These elves and half-elves and wizards, they would come to grief perhaps. (J.R.R. Tolkien).
- come to grips
- To attempt to face or resolve an internal contradiction or difficulty
The country is coming to grips and accepting its responsibilities.
- come to grips
- To confront each other decisively
The armies finally came to grips at Stalingrad.
- come to grips
- See come to grips with
- come to grips with
- To confront or deal with directly; to commence a confrontation
Until she comes to grips with her mother's death, she has no hope of putting it behind her.
- come to hand
- To perform well, to come under control
The horse came to hand, and won first prize.
- come to hand
- To become available, often unexpectedly, or randomly
Secondly, I continue to base my concepts on intensive study of a limited suite of collections, rather than superficial study of every packet that comes to hand.
- come to life
- to appear as if alive
The CGI-generated characters came to life through an incredible display of a cutting-edge 3D technology.
- come to life
- to bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrect
- come to life
- to become alive, bring into existence
We want to know exactly how the first cells came to life on earth.
- come to light
- to become known, to be revealed
- come to mention it
- What you just said reminds me of something; Used to justify a change of subject or a kind of statement that needs some kind of license
Did you see that hat he was wearing? / Come to mention it, he always wears funny clothes..
- come to mind
- To appear in one's thoughts
- come to nothing
- To fail completely; to have no result
The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
- come to nought
- To fail completely; to have no result
The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
- come to oneself
- to gain consciousness or self-control
When I came to myself I was lying, not in the outer blackness of the Mohune vault, not on a floor of sand; but in a bed of sweet clean linen, and in a little whitewashed room, through the window of which the spring sunlight streamed.
- come to papa
- A phrase used to encourage someone or something to approach
- come to pass
- To happen; to occur
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
- come to someone's rescue
- To rescue (or save) someone from further harm
- come to terms
- to reach an agreement or settle a dispute
We hope someday she and her mother will come to terms on the matter.
- come to terms
- See come to terms with
- come to terms with
- To accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful
Until he comes to terms with the likelihood of failure, he will not succeed.
- come to terms with
- To resolve a conflict with
She finally came to terms with her addictions at her third rehab clinic and rarely drank again.
- come to the fore
- To become obvious or visible
This scholarship will allow talented young people to come to the fore at our university.
- come to think of it
- by the way; now that I think about it; indicates something brought to mind
Come to think of it, it's really curious.
- come true
- To breed true; to maintain identity of salient characteristics through propagation processes
- come true
- To become real: to become true or existent
Many of their predictions came true, but of course, many did not.
- come under
- To come underneath (something)
Why don't you come under my umbrella - there's plenty of room.
- come under
- To be included or classified under (a title, specified class etc.)
To sympathisers, though, all of his crimes came under the general heading of misdemeanors.
- come under
- To be subjected to, be under the auspices of
Eventually I was promoted, and a small team of recruits came under my authority.
- come unhinged
- To become angered or crazy; to lose control of one's senses or sanity
Dad came unhinged when he saw the report card with such bad grades.
- come unstuck
- To get into trouble, to have an accident or mishap, to go off the rails
- come up
- To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug
I could tell from her expression she was coming up already.
- come up
- To appear before a judge or court
- come up
- To come towards, to approach
I was standing on the corner when Nick came up and asked for a cigarette.
- come up
- To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly; to come to attention, present itself
At some point in the conversation my name came up, and I readily agreed to their proposition.
- come up smelling like a rose
- Alternative form of smell like a rose
- come up smelling of roses
- Alternative form of smell like a rose
- come up with
- To invent, create, or think of
Shelly stalled while she tried to come up with a good response.
- come upon
- To come across; to encounter; to stumble upon; to discover or find, especially by chance or accident
Kala sometimes talked with the older females about her young hopeful, but none of them could understand how a child could be so slow and backward in learning to care for itself. Why, it could not even find food alone, and more than twelve moons had passed since Kala had come upon it.
- come upon
- To befall; to affect; to happen to
I pray no harm will come upon you.
- come what may
- In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur
He assured us that he would attend the wedding come what may.
- come with
- To join and come along
We’re going out to lunch. Do you want to come with?.
- come-all-you
- A traditional folk or country song
He slapped his thighs and whooped and catcalled, encouraging anyone who knew it to join in the ‘traditional come-all-you’!.
- come-around
- Any shot that curls around another rock
- come-hither
- seductive or alluring
And now she knows, just what those fluttering eyelashes can do, just what that come hither look means.
- come-hither
- A persuasive attitude; a binding spell
- come-on
- a proposal, especially a sexual or romantic one
- come-on
- an inducement offered to attract someone to buy something, or visit somewhere
- come-over
- A non-Manx person living in the Isle of Man
- come-to-Jesus
- Relating to a Christian conversion, recommitment, or associated ritual, especially public confession
- come-to-Jesus
- Relating to a similar secular ritual
- do you come here often
- A common phrase for initiating conversation with a stranger, especially one for seeking romantic involvement
- dream come true
- Something which has long been desired or hoped for and which has finally happened
- easy come, easy go
- Easily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy. / Because I'm easy come, easy go. / Little high, little low.
- first come first served
- A service policy in which the first to arrive for service receives the service first
- first come, first served
- Alternative spelling of first-come-first-served
- first come, first served
- People will be dealt with in the order they arrive
- first-come-first-served
- Describing a process of dealing with people using the principle "first come, first served"
Effective March 30, 2006, the State of Virginia no longer follows their “first come, first served” policy regarding allocation of multiple child support orders. —.
- good things come to those who wait
- A patient seeker will be satisfied in due time; patience is a virtue
- hard to come by
- Difficult to find
- how come
- Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose?
How come you didn't leave when you had the chance?.
- if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
- If one cannot get one's own way, one must bow to the inevitable
- kingdom come
- The next world; heaven or paradise
Dead ! dead as herrings — gone to kingdom come a precious long time ago.
- marry come up
- Expressing surprise or indignation
Marry come up with such gentlemen! though he hath lived here this many years, I don't believe there is arrow a servant in the house ever saw the colour of his money.
- misfortunes never come singly
- bad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way
- on the come
- For compensation based on future success
He didn't mind not being on salary, with all of his compensation on the come.
- on the come
- Betting on cards that may come in the future
Players often bet when their hand needs to improve to win, this semi-bluff is known as on the come..
- proverbs come in pairs
- Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs
- proverbs often come in pairs
- Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs
- proverbs should come in pairs
- Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs
- take things as they come
- To accept and deal with events as they occur, with a composed state of mind
He also urges Louie: “Take things as they come and keep smiling. Keep your spirits up, my dear. Be of good cheer and all will be well.”.
- to-come
- The future
- until Kingdom come
- At overly frequent intervals
He pestered me until Kingdom come about the concert.
- until Kingdom come
- Until death, until the afterlife
I will love you until Kingdom come.
- until the cows come
- Alternative form of until the cows come home
- until the cows come home
- For a very long period of time
You can crank the engine until the cows come home, but it won't start without fuel.
- come
- When a person or thing comes to a particular place, especially to a place where you are, they move there. Two police officers came into the hall Come here, Tom You'll have to come with us We heard the train coming Can I come too? The impact blew out some of the windows and the sea came rushing in
- come
- {f} reach; arrive; result from; reach orgasm (Vulgar Slang)
- come
- When you come to a place, you reach it. He came to a door that led into a passageway
- come
- If something comes apart or comes to pieces, it breaks into pieces. If something comes off or comes away, it becomes detached from something else. The pistol came to pieces, easily and quickly The door knobs came off in our hands
- come
- When someone comes to do something, they move to the place where someone else is in order to do it, and they do it. In British English, someone can also come and do something and in American English, someone can come do something. However, you always say that someone came and did something. Eleanor had come to visit her Come and meet Roger I want you to come visit me
- come across
- communicate the intended meaning or impression; "He came across very clearly"
