You use come to talk about movement towards the place where you are, or towards a place where you have been or will be.
The past tense of come is came. The -ed participle is come.
When you are talking about movement away from the place where you are, you use go, not 'come'. You also use go when you are describing movement that is neither towards you nor away from you.
You use here with come and there with go.
If you invite someone to accompany you somewhere, you usually use come, not 'go'.
In some situations, you can use come or go to show indirectly whether you will be in a place that you are referring to. For example, if you say 'Are you going to John's party?', you are not showing whether you yourself are going to the party. However, if you say 'Are you coming to John's party?', you are showing that you will definitely be there.
You use come and with another verb to say that someone visits you or moves towards you in order to do something.
In informal American English you can leave out and in sentences like these.
Come is sometimes used to mean become.
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| Noun | 1. | come - the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tractmilt - seminal fluid produced by male fish sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan, spermatozoon - the male reproductive cell; the male gamete; "a sperm is mostly a nucleus surrounded by little other cellular material" |
| Verb | 1. | come - move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room" emanate - proceed or issue forth, as from a source; "Water emanates from this hole in the ground" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" approach, draw near, near, come near, come on, draw close, go up - move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" uprise, ascend, come up, rise - come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends" bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won" make it, pull round, pull through, survive, come through - continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" come in - come into fashion; become fashionable |
| 2. | come - reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"land, set down - reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul" drive in - arrive by motorcar; "The star and her manager drive in today from their motor tour across the country" land, put down, bring down - cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely" roll up - arrive in a vehicle: "He rolled up in a black Mercedes" get - reach and board; "She got the bus just as it was leaving" attain, reach, hit - reach a point in time, or a certain state or level; "The thermometer hit 100 degrees"; "This car can reach a speed of 140 miles per hour" flood in - arrive in great numbers move in, pull in, get in, draw in - of trains; move into (a station); "The bullet train drew into Tokyo Station" plump in - arrive suddenly and unannounced; "He plumped in on a Sunday morning" | |
| 3. | come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" come - reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" | |
| 4. | come - reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true" change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | |
| 5. | come - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise - come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" come - exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France" | |
| 6. | come - be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled" | |
| 7. | come - come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard" | |
| 8. | come - be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 9. | come - extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles" extend, run, lead, pass, go - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" | |
| 10. | come - exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France" come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" | |
| 11. | come - cover a certain distance; "She came a long way" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" | |
| 12. | come - come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
| 13. | come - happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this" | |
| 14. | come - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"work out - be calculated; "The fees work out to less than $1,000" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" outnumber - be larger in number average, average out - amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain; "The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40" make - add up to; "four and four make eight" | |
| 15. | come - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans" become, turn - undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor" aggregate - amount in the aggregate to | |
| 16. | come - be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" | |
| 17. | come - come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" become - come into existence; "What becomes has duration" | |
| 18. | come - come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" derive - come from; "The present name derives from an older form" | |
| 19. | come - proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" | |
| 20. | come - experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset" experience, go through, see - go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" | |
| 21. | come - have a certain priority; "My family comes first" rank - take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" |