come on
1. appear or become visible;
make a showing (Freq. 9)
- She turned up at the funeral
- I hope the list key is going to surface again
• Syn:
come out, turn up, surface, show up
• Derivationally related forms:
surface (for: surface)
• Hypernyms:
appear
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. move towards (Freq. 5)
- We were approaching our destination
- They are drawing near
- The enemy army came nearer and nearer
• Syn:
approach, near, go up, draw near, draw close, come near
• Derivationally related forms:
approachable (for: approach), approach (for: approach)
• Hypernyms:
come, come up
• Hyponyms:
drive up, bear down on, bear down upon, edge in, edge up,
close, push, crowd
• Verb Group:
approach, come near
• Entailment:
advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
3. develop in a positive way (Freq. 2)
- He progressed well in school
- My plants are coming along
- Plans are shaping up
• Syn:
progress, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up
• Ant:
regress (for: progress)
• Derivationally related forms:
advance (for: advance), progress (for: progress)
• Hypernyms:
develop
• Hyponyms:
climb, leapfrog
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
4. start running, functioning, or operating
- the lights went on
- the computer came up
• Syn:
go on, come up
• Ant:
go off (for: go on)
• Hypernyms:
start, go, get going
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. occur or become available
- water or electricity came on again after the earthquake
• Hypernyms:
get down, begin, get, start out, start,
set about, set out, commence
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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