come

/kʌm/

verbcome

It doesn’t sound like it looks: in cOme, the O says “uh” (/ʌ/)—think “cUHm.”

Yes, it's come. Remember: the letter O makes the /ʌ/ sound in come (not /oʊ/ like in 'home').

Definitions

  1. verbto move toward or arrive at a place where the speaker is, or to arrive at a place
  2. verbto happen or occur (often used with words like 'time' or 'day')

Examples

  • “Please come here and sit next to me.”
  • “Spring will come soon after the last frost.”
  • “When the time comes, we will start the meeting.”

Synonyms

arriveapproachreachappearoccur

Antonyms

goleave

Translations

ES venirPT virFR venir

Common misspellings

cumcomcomeecoemcommcumecomnecmoe

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