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come
Verb
  • To move from further away to nearer to. intransitive
    • To move towards the speaker.
    • To move towards the listener.
    • To move towards the object that is the focus of the sentence.
    • To move towards the agent or subject of the main clause. in subordinate clauses and gerunds
    • To move towards an unstated agent.
  • To arrive. intransitive
  • To appear, to manifest itself. intransitive
  • To take a position to something else in a sequence. intransitive
  • To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate. intransitive, slang
  • To approach a state of being or accomplishment. copulative, figuratively, with close
  • To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something. figuratively, with to
  • To become, to turn out to be. copulative, archaic
  • To be supplied, or made available; to exist. intransitive
  • To carry through; to succeed in. slang
  • Happen. intransitive
  • To have a social background. intransitive, with from or sometimes of
    • To be or have been a resident or native.
    • To have been brought up by or employed by.
  • To germinate. intransitive, of grain
Noun
  • Coming, arrival; approach. obsolete
  • Semen slang
  • Female ejaculatory discharge. slang
Preposition
  • Used to indicate an event, period, or change in state occurring after a present time.
Interjection
  • An exclamation to express annoyance.
  • An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
Noun
  • Alternative form of comma in its medieval use as a middot ⟨·⟩ serving as a form of colon. typography, obsolete