come – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of come

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youcome to
weLet's come to
youcome to

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)