come
/kʌm//kʌm/noun
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Coming, arrival; approach.
Semen
Female ejaculatory discharge.
verb
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To move from further away to nearer to.
Example: She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes [...]
To arrive.
To appear, to manifest itself.
Example: The pain in his leg comes and goes.
(with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.
Example: She came to think of that country as her home.
preposition
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Used to indicate a point in time at or after which a stated event or situation occurs.
Example: Come retirement, their Social Security may turn out to be a lot less than they counted on.
interjection
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An exclamation to express annoyance.
Example: Come come! Stop crying. Come now! You must eat it.
An exclamation to express encouragement, or to precede a request.
Example: Come come! You can do it. Come now! It won't bite you.