View synonyms for come to

come to

verb

to regain consciousness or return to one's normal state
(adverb) nautical to slow a vessel or bring her to a stop
(preposition) to amount to (a sum of money)
your bill comes to four pounds
(preposition) to arrive at (a certain state)
what is the world coming to?

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Idioms and Phrases

Recover consciousness, as in She fainted but quickly came to . [Second half of 1500s]

Arrive at, learn, as in I came to see that Tom had been right all along . [c. 1700]

See amount to , def. 2.

See when it comes to .

Stop a sailboat or other vessel by bringing the bow into the wind or dropping anchor, as in “The gale having gone over, we came to” (Richard Dana, Two Years Before the Mast , 1840). [Early 1700s] Also see the subsequent entries beginning with come to .

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Example Sentences

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Yes, I am an insufferable nerd: I have been coming to things like this for 20 years.

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A cartoon version of Jenny Schecter come to life, what transpires in her novel is close, if not on the nose, to what takes place around her, buffered by changed names and literary exaggerations.

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When it comes to making football-related decisions it is very likely he will be guided by the expertise of head coach Thomas Frank and technical director Johan Lange.

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This is not all that normal when it comes to Scotland and World Cup qualification.

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By the time the semi-professional league came to an end, she had scored 18 goals in 11 games and it would be the last time playing club football in her home country.

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Related Words

come through come to a halt

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