Tra từ come - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

come UK US [kʌm] verb [ came ], [ come ] [ came comes coming ]

MOVE TO SPEAKER

1. <E > intransitive to move or travel towards the speaker or with the speaker
• Are you coming with me?
• There's a car coming!
• Can you come to my party?
• Here comes Adam.
• She's come 500 km (= has travelled 500 km) to be here with us tonight.
• If you're ever in Oxford, come and visit us.
• We came by car.
• Your father will come for (= to collect) you at 4 o'clock.
• Come forward a bit and stand on the line.
• I've come straight from the airport.
• The door opened and a nurse came into the room.
• + to infinitive A man's coming to mend the boiler this afternoon.
• As he came towards me, I could see he'd been crying.
• He thought we'd been picking his apples and came after (= chased) us with a stick.
• + -ing verb He came rushing over when I fell.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑General words for movement

Common errors:
Remember: come is used to talk about movement towards where the speaker is.
• He came to my office today to ask me for help.
To talk about movement to another place, away from the speaker, don't say 'come', say go:
✗ If I came there again one day, I would probably be disappointed.
• If I went there again one day, I would probably be disappointed.
Warning: choose the correct preposition!
To talk about moving towards a town/country etc. where the speaker is or going there with the speaker, don't say 'come in/at', say come to a town/country etc.:
✗ Next time you come in London please stay at my house.
• Next time you come to London please stay at my house.
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

• Danny, come here and I'll read you a story.
• You can only come on the trip if your parents give their consent.
• It's very kind of you to come all the way to meet me.
• Don't come too near me - you might catch my cold.
• Margot came to stay for a week as company for my mother while I was away.

MOVE TO LISTENER

2. <E > intransitive to move or travel in the direction of the person being spoken to
• "Sal, are you ready?" "Coming."
• I'll come and pick you up in the car if you like.
• I've come for (= come to collect) your census form.
• + to infinitive I've come to read the gas meter.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑General words for movement

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

• I'm afraid that we can't come this evening after all.
• We'd be delighted to come to dinner on Friday.
• I might come and visit you in America next year, if I can save enough money.
• He came and sat down next to me.
• I came here specially to see you.

ARRIVE

3. <E > intransitive to get to a particular place
• Has she come yet?
• When does the post come?
• Hasn't his train come in yet?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Arriving, entering and invading

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

• The doctor at the hospital says that she'll be able to come home within two weeks.
• After you've gained some experience teaching abroad you can come home and get a job.
• The school is required to notify parents if their children fail to come to school.
• The men came to remove the rubbish from the backyard.
• He thumped on the door but nobody came.

LEAVE

4. <E > intransitive + adverb or preposition to leave a place
• I had to come away from the party early.
• The police watched him come out of the house.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Departing

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

• When he came out of the water, he was trembling with cold.
• The gunmen were lying in wait when Mr Predit came out of the hotel.
• We exchanged a few words as we were coming away from the meeting.
• Her face was a sickly colour when she came out of the dentist's.
• He came off the tennis court with a twisted ankle.

DIFFERENT STATE

5. <E > L to change or develop so as to be in a different position or condition
• Those pictures will have to come down (= be removed from the wall).
• He pulled the knob and it just came off (in his hand).
• How many times have you come off that horse?
• She punched him in the mouth and two of his teeth came out.
• Can you get this cork to come out of the bottle?
• When does the heating come on (= start working)?
• + adjective A wire has come loose at the back.
• The door came open for no apparent reason.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Changing ↑Adapting and modifying ↑Adapting and attuning to something ↑Changing frequently

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

• She was clever to sell her apartment just before house prices came down.
• I heard a hiss and a pop as the cork came out of the bottle.
• I got some stick-on soles for my shoes, but they keep coming off.
• The roses are just coming into bloom.
• My shoelaces came undone.

HAPPEN

6. <I > intransitive to happen
• Spring has come early.
• The announcement came at a bad time.
• Her resignation came as quite a shock.
• informal Come Monday morning (= When it is Monday morning) you'll regret staying up all night.
• I'm afraid those days are gone and they'll never come again.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Occurring and happening

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

• His death came at a terrible time for Roger.
• The illness came on top of losing his job.
• The opportunity to join the expedition came at just the right time for me.
• The announcement that they were to divorce came as a real shock.
• It didn't come as any great surprise that she was resigning.

7. come after/first/last, etc.
<I > to have or achieve a particular position in a race, competition, list, etc.
• She UK came second/US came in second in the 100m race.
• Z comes after Y in the alphabet.
• Which king came after Edward?
• April comes before May.
• I know the first verse of the song, but I don't know what comes next.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Scoring, winning and losing in sport ↑Winning and defeating ↑Losing and being defeated

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

EXIST

8. <A > intransitive + adverb or preposition not continuous to exist or be available
• Do these trousers come in any other colour?
• Runners come in all shapes and sizes - fat and thin, short and tall.
• This cuddly baby doll comes with her own blanket and bottle.
• They're the best sunglasses you can buy, but they don't come cheap (= they are expensive).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Existing and being ↑Available and accessible ↑Present

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

• Does this T-shirt come in black?
• The camera comes with its own carrying case.
• Mobile phones come in all sorts of shapes and sizes these days.
9. come to do sth
to start to do something
• I've come to like her over the months.
• It used to hold paper bags, but gradually came to be used for magazines.
• How did that phrase come to mean (= develop so that it means) that?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Starting and beginning ↑Starting again

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.

SEX

10. intransitive to have an orgasm
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Sexual intercourse

Common errors:
Warning: Check your verb endings!
Many learners make mistakes when using come in the -ing form.
Don't write 'comming' or 'comeing', write coming.
Idioms: Come again? ▪ Come off it! ▪ as it comes ▪ as rich as they come ▪ come and go ▪ come down on somebody like a ton of bricks ▪ come from behind ▪ come the something ▪ come to pass ▪ come to that ▪ come to your notice ▪ come what may ▪ days to come ▪ had it coming ▪ have something coming out of your ears ▪ how come? ▪ not know whether you are coming or going
Phrasal Verbs: come about ▪ come across ▪ come across something ▪ come along ▪ come apart ▪ come around ▪ come at somebody ▪ come away ▪ come back ▪ come back to somebody ▪ come before somebody ▪ come between somebody ▪ come between something ▪ 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 somewhere ▪ come in ▪ come in for something ▪ come into something ▪ come of something ▪ come off ▪ come off something ▪ come on ▪ come out ▪ come out in something ▪ come out of something ▪ come out with something ▪ come over ▪ come over somebody ▪ come round ▪ come through ▪ come to ▪ come to somebody ▪ come to something ▪ come under something ▪ come up ▪ come up against something ▪ come up to something ▪ come up with something ▪ come upon somebody

noun uncountable slang
semen (= the liquid containing sperm)
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Bodily fluids and their production ↑Urine and urinating