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verb (1)

Definition of come (to)next
1
as in to count (up to)
to have a total of your bill comes to $53.74

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Relevance
2
as in to correspond (to)
to be the same in meaning or effect it all comes to nothing in the end

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3
as in to occur (to)
to enter the mind of the actual name of the item didn't come to me until I was walking out of the store

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come to

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verb (2)

as in to come around
to gain consciousness again after being in a coma for months, the patient quite unexpectedly came to

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for come (to)
  1. number
  2. mean
  3. strike
  4. come around
  5. aggregate
  6. recover
  7. come round
Verb
  • The details of the bodies are documented and the graves numbered so that family members can return and reclaim them.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Although the numbers on the chassis were divided into various unrelated intervals, the transmissions appeared to be numbered sequentially, as were the tank guns, heaters, road wheels and turret engines.
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 7 July 2026
Definition of number
Verb
  • So Balogun had drawn a red card in the round-of-32 win over Bosnia & Herzegovina, meaning he would be suspended for the following game — Monday’s match.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026
  • There, the hotel’s overarching theme of kisetsukan, meaning seasonal awareness, is felt most evidently at Iñaki.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026
Definition of mean
Verb
  • The work stoppage at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and MGB Home Care sites began Wednesday, when Massachusetts Nurses Association members voted to strike after months of contract negotiations failed.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 10 July 2026
  • The Georgia film office has just 12 productions on its website, compared to 14 during the nadir of the 2023 writers and actors strike.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of strike
Verb
  • No matter how many new pasta salads come around, this one never gets old.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
  • Even critics of new infrastructure will come around because of the jobs these projects will create.
    — Vinod Khosla, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Definition of come around
Verb
  • The Romans used a technique called hot mixing, in which quicklime was added directly to volcanic ash, water, sand, and aggregate.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
  • Similarly, with the European Union’s researcher data access, all of this data can only be accessed aggregated and not from a perspective of a single user.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of aggregate
Verb
  • One of Robinson's attorneys, Michael Burt, tried to inject uncertainty into the case Thursday by challenging the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • Authorities conducted the raid after shells recovered from McDougal’s homicide scene were linked to a Pittsburg shooting that occurred inside a 7-Eleven in 2025, authorities said.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 10 July 2026
Definition of recover
Verb
  • But after seven wins in nine games, even some of Carrick’s more sceptical colleagues from playing days must be coming round to his candidacy by now.
    — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Smalls come round and large pizzas are sheet-pan-style.
    — Gail Ciampa, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of come round
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