come to
1. cause to experience suddenly (Freq. 10)
- Panic struck me
- An interesting idea hit her
- A thought came to me
- The thought struck terror in our minds
- They were struck with fear
• Syn:
hit, strike
• Verb Group:
affect, impress, move, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
2. be relevant to (Freq. 4)
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
• Syn:
refer, pertain, relate, concern, bear on,
touch, touch on, have-to doe with
• Derivationally related forms:
pertinent (for: pertain), pertinency (for: pertain), pertinence (for: pertain), reference (for: refer)
• Hyponyms:
focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on,
center, apply, hold, go for, involve, affect,
regard, matter to, interest
• Verb Group:
allude, touch, advert
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP (for: relate)
- Something is ----ing PP (for: pertain)
- Something is ----ing PP (for: refer)
3. attain (Freq. 4)
- The horse finally struck a pace
• Syn:
strike
• Hypernyms:
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. return to consciousness (Freq. 2)
- The patient came to quickly
- She revived after the doctor gave her an injection
• Syn:
revive, resuscitate
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Group:
animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate,
repair, quicken, vivify, revivify, resuscitate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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