Definitions for comes
comes
co·mes
Spelling: [koh-meez]
IPA: /ˈkoʊ miz/
Comes is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 62 anagrams from letters in comes (cemos).
Definitions for comes
noun
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Astronomy. companion1 (def 6).
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Anatomy. a blood vessel accompanying another vessel or a nerve.
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Slang: Vulgar. semen.
Idioms
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come and go, to occur briefly or suddenly but never for long; appear and disappear.
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come down on the side of, to support or favor:
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come home, Nautical.
(of an anchor) to begin to drag.
(of an object) to move when hauled upon.
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come off, Informal.
to happen; occur.
to reach the end; acquit oneself:
to be given or completed; occur; result:
to succeed; be successful:
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come off it, Informal. to stop being wrong, foolish, or pretentious; be truthful or honest:
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come to pass, to happen; occur.
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come what may, no matter what may happen; regardless of any opposition, argument, or consequences:
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where one is coming from, Slang. where the source of one's beliefs, attitudes, or feelings lies:
Verb phrases
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come about,
to come to pass; happen.
Nautical. to tack.
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come across,
Also, come upon. to find or encounter, especially by chance:
Informal. to make good one's promise, as to pay a debt, do what is expected, etc.:
to be understandable or convincing:
Informal. to make a particular impression; comport oneself:
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come again, (used as a request to repeat a statement).
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come along,
to accompany someone, attend as part of a group:
to proceed, develop, or advance sufficiently or successfully:
to appear; emerge as a factor or possibility:
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come around/round,
to recover consciousness; revive.
to change one's opinion, decision, etc., especially to agree with another's.
to visit:
to cease being angry, hurt, etc.
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come at,
to arrive at; attain.
to rush at; attack:
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come back,
to return, especially to one's memory:
to return to a former position or state.
to talk back; retort:
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come between, to cause to be estranged or antagonized:
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come by, to obtain; acquire:
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come down,
to lose wealth, rank, etc.; be reduced in circumstances or status.
to be handed down by tradition or inheritance.
to be relayed or passed along from a source of higher rank or authority:
Slang. to take place; happen.
Slang. to lose one's euphoria, enthusiasm, or especially the effects of a drug high.
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come down on/upon,
to voice one's opposition to:
to reprimand; scold:
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come down with, to become afflicted with (an illness):
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come forward, to offer one's services; present oneself; volunteer:
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come in,
to enter.
to arrive.
to come into use or fashion.
to begin to produce or yield:
to be among the winners:
to finish in a race or any competition, as specified:
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come in for, to receive; get; be subjected to:
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come into,
to acquire; get.
to inherit:
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come on,
Also, come upon. to meet or find unexpectedly.
to make progress; develop; flourish.
to appear on stage; make one's entrance.
to begin; appear:
Informal. (used chiefly in the imperative) to hurry; begin:
Informal. (as an entreaty or attempt at persuasion) please:
Slang. to try to make an impression or have an effect; present oneself:
Slang. to make sexual advances:
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come on to, Slang. to make sexual advances to.
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come out,
to be published; appear.
to become known; be revealed.
to make a debut in society, the theater, etc.
to end; terminate; emerge:
to make more or less public acknowledgment of being homosexual.
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come out for, to endorse or support publicly:
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come out with,
to speak, especially to confess or reveal something.
to make available to the public; bring out:
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come over,
to happen to; affect:
to change sides or positions; change one's mind:
to visit informally:
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come round,
come (def 29).
Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to head toward the wind; come to.
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come through,
to endure or finish successfully.
Informal. to do as expected or hoped; perform; succeed:
Informal. to experience religious conversion.
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come to,
to recover consciousness.
to amount to; total.
Nautical. to take the way off a vessel, as by bringing her head into the wind or anchoring.
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come under,
to fit into a category or classification:
to be the province or responsibility of:
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come up,
to be referred to; arise:
to be presented for action or discussion:
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come upon. come (defs 26a, 41a).
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come up to,
to approach; near:
to compare with as to quantity, excellence, etc.; match; equal:
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come up with, to produce; supply:
verb (used with object)
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Chiefly British. to do; perform; accomplish.
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Informal. to play the part of:
verb (used without object)
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to approach or move toward a particular person or place:
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to arrive by movement or in the course of progress:
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to approach or arrive in time, in succession, etc.:
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to move into view; appear.
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to extend; reach:
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to take place; occur; happen:
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to occur at a certain point, position, etc.:
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to be available, produced, offered, etc.:
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to occur to the mind:
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to befall:
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to issue; emanate; be derived:
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to arrive or appear as a result:
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to enter or be brought into a specified state or condition:
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to do or manage; fare:
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to enter into being or existence; be born:
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to have been a resident or to be a native of (usually followed by from):
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to become:
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to seem to become:
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(used in the imperative to call attention or to express impatience, anger, remonstrance, etc.):
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to germinate, as grain.
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Informal. to have an orgasm.
Origin of comes
1675-85; Latin: traveling companion, probably *com-it-s, equivalent to com- com- + -it- noun derivative of īre to go + -s nominative singular ending
Examples for comes
In the end, the clarity that comes from moments of horror can help us recommit to deeper principles.
Come, before he comes to gibe us for having heeded a moment.
Only don't let the first woman that comes ridin' herd get her iron on you.
Sadly, it appears the American press often doesn't need any outside help when it comes to censoring themselves.
Freedom of speech, then, is sometimes not worth the trouble that comes with it.
Nothing that comes to this remarkable woman ever surprises her.
Doctors have long wrestled with the age of consent when it comes to mature adolescents.
I am told he comes of a father who died at fifty, and who did in many ways like that.
Some one said the other day, "Ennui is a disease that comes from living on other people's money."
We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.