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Come to
//kʌm ˈtu// verb
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Verb
- 1 To recover consciousness after fainting etc. idiomatic, intransitive
"She came to with the aid of smelling salts."
- 2 return to consciousness wordnet
- 3 To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about. idiomatic, intransitive
"The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide."
- 4 cause to experience suddenly wordnet
- 5 To total; to amount to. transitive
"so how much does that come to?; the bill comes to £10 each"
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- 6 attain wordnet
- 7 To reach; to arrive at. transitive
"come to an end; come to a conclusion; come to an agreement; come to a halt"
- 8 be relevant to wordnet
- 9 To seek help from. transitive
"You can always come to me when you're feeling sad."
- 10 To devote attention to in due course; to come around to. transitive
"I'll come to your question in a minute."
- 11 To befall; to happen to; to come upon. transitive
"I pray no harm will come to you."
- 12 To regard or specifically pertain to. present, regional, transitive
"He's the best when it comes to detective fiction."
- 13 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, to.
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