come – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of come

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to come in
Participle: come in
Gerund: coming in

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Icome in
youcome in
he;she;itcomes in
wecome in
youcome in
theycome in

Perfect

Ihave come in
youhave come in
he;she;ithas come in
wehave come in
youhave come in
theyhave come in

Past

Icame in
youcame in
he;she;itcame in
wecame in
youcame in
theycame in

Pluperfect

Ihad come in
youhad come in
he;she;ithad come in
wehad come in
youhad come in
theyhad come in

Future

Iwill come in
youwill come in
he;she;itwill come in
wewill come in
youwill come in
theywill come in

Future Perfect

Iwill have come in
youwill have come in
he;she;itwill have come in
wewill have come in
youwill have come in
theywill have come in

Subjunctive

Present

Icome in
youcome in
he;she;itcome in
wecome in
youcome in
theycome in

Perfect

Ihave come in
youhave come in
he;she;ithave come in
wehave come in
youhave come in
theyhave come in

Imperfect

Icame in
youcame in
he;she;itcame in
wecame in
youcame in
theycame in

Pluperfect

Ihad come in
youhad come in
he;she;ithad come in
wehad come in
youhad come in
theyhad come in

Conditional

Present

Iwould come in
youwould come in
he;she;itwould come in
wewould come in
youwould come in
theywould come in

Perfect

Iwould have come in
youwould have come in
he;she;itwould have come in
wewould have come in
youwould have come in
theywould have come in

Imperative

youcome in
weLet's come in
youcome in

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam coming in
youare coming in
he;she;itis coming in
weare coming in
youare coming in
theyare coming in

Perfect

Ihave been coming in
youhave been coming in
he;she;ithas been coming in
wehave been coming in
youhave been coming in
theyhave been coming in

Past

Iwas coming in
youwere coming in
he;she;itwas coming in
wewere coming in
youwere coming in
theywere coming in

Pluperfect

Ihad been coming in
youhad been coming in
he;she;ithad been coming in
wehad been coming in
youhad been coming in
theyhad been coming in

Future

Iwill be coming in
youwill be coming in
he;she;itwill be coming in
wewill be coming in
youwill be coming in
theywill be coming in

Future Perfect

Iwill have been coming in
youwill have been coming in
he;she;itwill have been coming in
wewill have been coming in
youwill have been coming in
theywill have been coming in

Conditional

Present

Iwould be coming in
youwould be coming in
he;she;itwould be coming in
wewould be coming in
youwould be coming in
theywould be coming in

Perfect

Iwould have been coming in
youwould have been coming in
he;she;itwould have been coming in
wewould have been coming in
youwould have been coming in
theywould have been coming in

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'come'

become, come, misbecome, overcome,

Verbs similar to 'come'

clome, code, coke, comb, comp, cone, cope, core, cose, cote,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to reach the limit of sexual pleasure
climax, cum, get off, get the dirty water off one's chest, orgasm
arrive
approach, appear, advance, reach, attain
reach
spread, stretch, join, expand

Antonyms

arrive
leave, go, embark, start
reach
fail, miss, bungle, drop

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. O.E. cuman "come" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, pp. cumen), from P.Gmc. *kwem-, from PIE base *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Skt. gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lith. gemu "to be born," Gk. bainein "to go, walk, step," L. venire "to come"). Substitution of -o- for -u- is scribal change before minims, cf. monk, some, worm, orig. munuc, sum, wyrm. Past tense form is probably from O.N. kvam, replacing O.E. cuom. Amazingly productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," and come off "occur." For slang sexual senses, see cum. Come-back "verbal retort" is from 1889.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-?
4. Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-
5. Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt
6. Proto-Germanic *kwemaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *kweman
8. Old English cuman
9. Middle English comen
10. English come
11. From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cuman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”).
12. Cognates
13. Cognate from Proto-Germanic with Scots cum (“to come”), Yola come, coome, cum (“to come”), North Frisian kaame, kame, keem, kem, kum, kååme, käme (“to come”), Saterland Frisian kume, kuume (“to come”), West Frisian komme (“to come”), Alemannic German cha, cheemen, cheme, cho, chomu, chéeme (“to come”), Bavarian ckeman, kemma, kemman, khemen, kumma, kumman, kèmmin (“to come”), Central Franconian komme, kunn, kumme (“to come”), Cimbrian ken, khemmen, khèmman (“to come”), Dutch komen, kommen (“to come”), Dutch Low Saxon kåmen (“to come”), German and Luxembourgish kommen (“to come”), Low German kamen, kuemen (“to come”), Mòcheno kemmen (“to come”), Yiddish קימען (kimen), קומען (kumen, “to come”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål komme (“to come”), Elfdalian kumå (“to come”), Faroese and Icelandic koma (“to come; to arrive”), Jamtish kuma (“to come”), Norwegian Nynorsk koma, komma, komme, kåmmå, kåmå (“to come”), Swedish komma (“to come”), Crimean Gothic kommen (“to come”), Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman, “to come”).
14. Cognate from Proto-Indo-European with Latin venio (“to come; to approach”), Greek βήμα (víma, “pace, step”), Albanian ngah, ngaj (“to hasten, run”), Latvian dzimt (“to be born”), Lithuanian gimti (“to be born”), Armenian եկ (ek, “the act of coming, arrival; income”), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬨 (gam, “to come, go”), Northern Kurdish gav (“step”), Persian گام (gâm, “step”), Tocharian A kum- (“to come”), Tocharian B käm- (“to come”), Sanskrit गम् (gam, “to come, go, move”). See: Middle English 'comen', Old English 'cuman', Proto-Germanic '*kwemaną', Proto-Indo-European '*gʷémt', Frisian, Northern 'kaame', Frisian, Saterlandic 'kume', Alemannic German 'cha', Dutch 'komen', Low Saxon 'kamen', Elfdalian 'kumå', Norwegian, nynorsk 'koma', Swedish 'komma', Latin 'venio', Lithuanian 'gimti', Sanskrit 'गम्'.

Verbs referencing "come"

Latin venio, German, old spelling kommen, Luxembourgish kommen, Norwegian, nynorsk koma, Danish komme, Norwegian komme, Bavarian kumma, Low Saxon kamen, Alemannic German cha, Alemannic German choo, Dari آمدن, English queme, Alemannic German cho, Greek, Ancient βαίνω, Latvian iet, Lithuanian gimti, Alemannic German cheme, Cimbrian khèmman, Alemannic German chéeme, Alemannic German cheemen, Alemannic German chomu, Bavarian kemma.

Sample Sentences

  • For convenience sake, we have said, hitherto, two _gentlemen_. One of the parties, however, when critically examined, did not seem, strictly speaking, to come under the species. He was a short, thick-set man, with coarse, commonplace features, and that swaggering air of pretension which marks a low man who is trying to elbow his way upward in the world. [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] bear upon or comprehend. And I sat down upon a kind of horsehair slab, or perch, of which there were two within; and looked, without any expression of countenance whatever, at some friends who had come on board with us, and who were crushing their faces into all manner of shapes by endeavouring to squeeze them through the small doorway. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • We had experienced a pretty smart shock before coming below, which, but that we were the most sanguine people living, might have prepared us for the worst. The imaginative artist to whom I have already made allusion, has depicted in the same great [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] of hearty laughter, and I can report that I, for one, being still seated upon the slab or perch before mentioned, roared outright until the vessel rang again. Thus, in less than two minutes after coming upon it for the first time, we all by common consent agreed that this state-room was the pleasantest and most facetious and capital contrivance possible; and that to have had it one inch larger, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] let him go to Cincinnati alone, to do business for me, and bring home five hundred dollars. ‘Tom, ’ says I to him, ‘I trust you, because I think you 're a Christian—I know you wouldn't cheat. ’ Tom comes back, sure enough; I knew he would. Some low fellows, they say, said to him—Tom, why don't you make tracks for Canada ? ’ ’ Ah, master trusted me, and I couldn’t,’—they told me about it. I am sorry [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] American banner with its stars and stripes,—the long three thousand miles and more, and, longer still, the six whole months of absence, so dwindled and faded, that the ship had gone out and come home again, and it was broad spring already in the Coburg Dock at Liverpool. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] material. My own opinion is, that whether one is discreet or indiscreet in these particulars, on the eve of a sea-voyage, is a matter of little consequence; and that, to use a common phrase, ‘it comes to very much the same thing in the end. ’ Be this as it may, I know that the dinner of that day was undeniably perfect; that it comprehended all these items, and a great many more; and that we all [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the officers take their stations; all hands are on the alert; the flagging hopes of the passengers revive; the cooks pause in their savoury work, and look out with faces full of interest. The boat comes alongside; the bags are dragged in anyhow, and flung down for the moment anywhere. Three cheers more: and as the first one rings upon our ears, the vessel throbs like a strong giant that has just [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] ’ un ! ” said Haley; “ that chap's a case, I'll promise. Tell you what, ” said he, suddenly clapping his hand on Mr. Shelby's shoulder, “ fling in that chap, and I'll settle the business—I will. Come, now, if that ain't doing the thing up about the rightest ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] ship were filled with fire in hiding, ready to burst through any outlet, wild with its resistless power of death and ruin. At first, too, and even when the hour, and all the objects it exalts, have come to be familiar, it is difficult, alone and thoughtful, to hold them to their proper shapes and forms. They change with the wandering fancy; assume the semblance of things left far away; put on the [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I mean, this area is super up and coming. (Deadbolt)
  • because he knew that that which they came from, he'd never be ready to give. (A Song from the Dark)
  • So I have to come to the college every day to eat pizza ? No. you will get pizza if you come to college. (Chandlo)
  • Reel it in anytime. She's got a stick so far up her backside, it's coming out her mouth. (Star Trek: Section 31)
  • This funny guy came by, seemed like he hated bunnies. (Salsa)