Tra từ come - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. come [come comes came coming] verb, preposition, exclamation, noun BrE [kʌm] NAmE [kʌm]
verb (cameBrE [keɪm] ; NAmE [keɪm] come)

TO A PLACE
1. intransitive to move to or towards a person or place
•(+ adv./prep.) He came into the room and shut the door.
• She comes to work by bus.
•My son is coming home soon.
•Come here!
•Come and see us soon!
•Here comes Jo! (= Jo is coming)
•There's a storm coming.
•~ to do sth They're coming to stay for a week. In spoken English come can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive, to show purpose or to tell sb what to do
•When did she last come and see you?
•Come and have your dinner. The and is sometimes left out, especially in NAmE
•Come have your dinner.
2. intransitive ~ (to…) to arrive at or reach a place
• They continued until they came to a river.
• What time did you come (= to my house)?
•Spring came late this year.
•Your breakfast is coming soon.
•Have any letters come for me?
•Help came at last.
•The CD comes complete with all the words of the songs.
•The time has come (= now is the moment) to act.
3. intransitive to arrive somewhere in order to do sth or get sth
•~ for sth I've come for my book.
•~ about sth I've come about my book.
•~ to do sth I've come to get my book.
•~ doing sth He came looking for me.
4. intransitive to move or travel, especially with sb else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an event
• I've only come for an hour.
• Thanks for coming (= to my house, party, etc.).
•~ (to sth) (with sb) Are you coming to the club with us tonight?
•~ doing sth Why don't you come skating tonight?

RUNNING/HURRYING ETC.
5. intransitive ~ doing sth (+ adv.prep.) to move in a particular way or while doing sth else
•The children came running into the room.

TRAVEL
6. intransitive + noun to travel a particular distance
• We've come 50 miles this morning.
• (figurative) The company has come a long way (= made lot of progress) in the last 5 years.

HAPPEN
7. intransitive to happen
• The agreement came after several hours of negotiations.
• The rains came too late to do any good.
•The high point of the concert came during the drum solo.
•~ as sth Her death came as a terrible shock to us.
•His resignation came as no surprise.
8. transitive ~ to do sth used in questions to talk about how or why sth happened
•How did he come to break his leg?
•How do you come to be so late?
see also ↑how come?

TO A POSITION/STATE
9. intransitive + adv./prep. (not used in the progressive tenses)to have a particular position
• That comes a long way down my list of priorities.
• His family comes first (= is the most important thing in his life).
•She came second (= received the second highest score) in the exam.
10. intransitive ~ to/into sth used in many expressions to show that sth has reached a particular state
• At last winter came to an end.
• He came to power in 2006.
•When will they come to a decision?
•The trees are coming into leaf.
11. intransitive (not used in the progressive tenses) (of goods, products, etc.)to be available or to exist in a particular way
•~ in sth This dress comes in black and red.
•+ adj. (informal) New cars don't come cheap (= they are expensive).
12. intransitive, transitive to become
•+ adj. The buttons had come undone.
• The handle came loose.
•Everything will come right in the end.
•~ to do sth This design came to be known as the Oriental style.
13. transitive ~ to do sth to reach a point where you realize, understand or believe sth
•In time she came to love him.
•She had come to see the problem in a new light.
•I've come to expect this kind of behaviour from him.

SEX
14. intransitive (slang)to have an ↑orgasm
Rem: Most idioms containing come are at the entries for the nouns or adjectives in the idioms, for example come a cropper is at cropper.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen.

Thesaurus:
come verb
1. I
•Come in and shut the door.
come along • |written draw • |formal approach • • near •
Opp: go
come/draw in/into sth
come/draw up/up to sb/sth
come/draw close/near/closer/nearer
2. I
•I've come to get my book.
arrive • • appear • • come in • • land • |especially spoken get here/there • • get in • • turn up • |informal show up • • roll in • • show •
come/arrive for sb
come/arrive/appear/land/turn up/ show up/show here/there
be the first/last to come/arrive/appear/come in/land/get here/turn up/get in/show up/roll in
3. I
•The time came to leave.
arrive • • approach • |written near • • draw near •
Opp: go
spring/summer/autumn/fall/winter comes/arrives/approaches/draws near
the day/time comes/arrives/approaches/draws near
come/arrive early/late
4. I
•I'm sorry, I can't come to the party.
go • • come along • • make it • |formal attend •
come/go/come along/make it to sth
come to/go to/come along to/make it to/attend a meeting/wedding/party
come to/go to/attend a conference
5. I, T
•He came to England by ship
go • • travel •
come/go/travel from/to sth
come/go/travel with sb
come/go/travel by air/sea/boat/ship/train/car
Come or go? Use come if you are at the place where the journey ends; use go if you are at the place where it starts
•I hope you can come to France to visit us.
• We're going to France to visit our son.
6.
•In time she came to love him.
•The handle came loose.
grow • • get • • become •
come/grow/get to know/like sb/sth
come/become loose
Grow and come In this meaning, these two verbs are either followed by an adjective (come loose/grow calm) or by ‘to’ + infinitive (I came/grew to realize/understand, etc.)

Synonyms:
return
come back • go back • get back • turn back
These words all mean to come or go back from one place to another.
return • to come or go back from one place to another: ▪ I waited a long time for him to return.
Return is slightly more formal than the other words in this group, and is used more often in writing or formal speech.
come back • to return. Come back is usually used from the point of view of the person or place that sb returns to: ▪ Come back and visit again soon!
go back • to return to the place you recently or originally came from or that you have been to before. Go back is usually used from the point of view of the person who is returning: ▪ Do you ever want to go back to China?
get back • to arrive back somewhere, especially at your home or the place where you are staying: ▪ What time did you get back last night?
turn back • to return the way that you came, especially because sth stops you from continuing: ▪ The weather got so bad that we had to turn back.
to return/come back/go back/get back to/from/with sth
to return/come back/go back/get back/turn back again
to return/come back/go back/get back home/to work
to return/come back/get back safely

Example Bank:
•I've come to expect this kind of behaviour from him.
•Are you coming to the theatre with us this evening?
•Come back, I need to talk to you!
•He came towards me.
•He doesn't come across very well when he speaks in public.
•I've come for those books you promised me.
•She comes across as shy, but she's actually very confident.
•At last, the time came to leave.
•Business improved as Christmas came nearer.
•Despite all the publicity, not many people came.
•Dusk came quickly.
•He came to England by ship.
•He wanted to be buried beside her when the time came.
•He's come all the way from Tokyo.
•Here comes Jo!
•How far have you come?
•I hope you can come to Australia to visit us.
•I never thought the day would come when I'd feel sorry for him.
•I'm sorry, I won't be able to come.
•I've come about my book.
•I've come to see Mrs Cooper.
•If you can't come to the meeting, let us know in advance.
•If you come late, the doctor may not be able to see you.
•It's looks as if there's a storm coming.
•Let me know if any more mail comes.
•People came from all over the country.
•People came from all over the world to settle here.
•Please come to my party on September 10th.
•She came to work wearing a very smart suit.
•Thanks for coming!
•The deadline came and went, but there was no reply from them.
•The time had come to let a younger person lead the party.
•They're coming to stay for a week.
•We've come a long way and we're very tired.
•When is your son coming home?
•When the moment actually came, I began to feel a little nervous.
•Why don't you come skating with us tonight?
•Your breakfast is coming soon!
Idioms: as clever/stupid as they come ▪ ↑come again? ▪ ↑come and go ▪ come easily/naturally to somebody ▪ come over faint/dizzy/giddy ▪ ↑come to nothing ▪ ↑come to that ▪ ↑come what may ▪ ↑how come? ▪ ↑if it comes to that ▪ ↑not come to anything ▪ ↑not come to much ▪ ↑when it comes to to doing something ▪ ↑where somebody is coming from
Derived: ↑come about ▪ ↑come across ▪ ↑come across somebody ▪ ↑come after somebody ▪ ↑come along ▪ ↑come apart ▪ ↑come at somebody ▪ ↑come at something ▪ ↑come away ▪ ↑come away with something ▪ ↑come back ▪ ↑come back to something ▪ ↑come before somebody ▪ ↑come between somebody and somebody ▪ ↑come by ▪ ↑come by something ▪ ↑come down ▪ ↑come down on somebody ▪ ↑come down to something ▪ ↑come down with something ▪ ↑come forward ▪ ↑come from something ▪ ↑come from … ▪ ↑come in ▪ ↑come in for something ▪ ↑come into something ▪ ↑come of something ▪ ↑come off ▪ ↑come off it ▪ ↑come off something ▪ ↑come on ▪ ↑come on somebody ▪ ↑come on to somebody ▪ ↑come on to something ▪ ↑come out ▪ ↑come out at something ▪ ↑come out in something ▪ ↑come out of something ▪ ↑come out of yourself ▪ ↑come out with something ▪ ↑come over ▪ ↑come over somebody ▪ ↑come round ▪ ↑come through ▪ ↑come to ▪ ↑come to somebody ▪ ↑come to something ▪ ↑come to yourself ▪ ↑come together ▪ ↑come under something ▪ ↑come up ▪ ↑come up against somebody ▪ ↑come up for something ▪ ↑come up to something ▪ ↑come up with something ▪ ↑come upon somebody

preposition (old-fashioned, informal)
when the time mentioned comes
•They would have been married forty years come this June.
•Come next week she'll have changed her mind.

Word Origin:
Old English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen.

exclamation (old-fashioned)used when encouraging sb to be sensible or reasonable, or when showing slight disapproval
• Oh come now, things aren't as bad as all that.
• Come, come, Miss Jones, you know perfectly well what I mean.

Word Origin:
Old English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen.

noun uncountable (slang)
↑semen

Word Origin:
Old English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen.

See also: ↑come over ▪ ↑come to

▪ II. to ˈcome idiom
(used after a noun)in the future
• They may well regret the decision in years to come.
•This will be a problem for some time to come (= for a period of time in the future).
Main entry: ↑come_idiom