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# come

«come» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here!** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (come, comes, came, coming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking: Come here! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#m1)

2) To come is to arrive or join a place: The bus is coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#m2)

3) To come is to happen or be in an order: Spring comes after winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#m3)

4) To come from is to have a place as home or start: She comes from Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

things or people joining a group («4 more came» = add); «come together» = add, «go away» = subtract; in counting «what comes after 9?»; in everyday life «come in», «come on», «come back», «come from»; in stories visitors come and go

### examples

- Coming together: add. Going away: subtract. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x1)
- 5 children were playing and 4 more came. How many children are playing now? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x2)
- Then 3 ducks come to the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x3)
- Come here, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x4)
- Which number comes after 19? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x5)
- My cousin comes from New Zealand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x6)
- Can you come to my party? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x7)
- Summer comes after spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x8)
- Come back before dark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x9)
- Presently he heard steps coming upstairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/#x10)

### note

«come», «come together» = the group grows: add. Trap: «come out of» or «come off» means leaving: subtract. Past form «came», not «comed».

### In the corpora

- [At the other end of working life comes retirement, when people stop paid work for good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/4/)
- [A pay rise is an increase in pay; some come each year, others have to be asked for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/12/)
- [Starting a new job means learning new systems, names and rules all at once, so people come home tired.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/18/)
- [It moves as numbers when a card is tapped, a bill goes out or pay comes in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/1/)
- [Renters sign a tenancy and pay a deposit that comes back if the home is left in good condition.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «come» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/come/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.