come verb BrE /kʌm/ ; NAmE /kʌm/ to a place [intransitive] to move to or towards a person or place 1 (+ adv./prep.) He came into the room and shut the door. She comes to work by bus. My son is coming home soon. Come here! Come and see us soon! Here comes Jo!(= Jo is coming) There's a storm coming. come to do something They're coming to stay for a week. In spoken English come can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive, to show purpose or to tell somebody what to do: When did she last come and see you? Come and have your dinner. The and is sometimes left out, especially in North American English: Come have your dinner. [intransitive] come (to…) to arrive at or reach a place 2 They continued until they came to a river. What time did you come (= to my house)? Spring came late this year. Your breakfast is coming soon. Have any letters come for me? Help came at last. The CD comes complete with all the words of the songs. The time has come (= now is the moment) to act. [intransitive] to arrive somewhere in order to do something or get something 3 come for something I've come for my book. come about something I've come about my book. come to do something I've come to get my book. come doing something He came looking for me. [intransitive] to move or travel, especially with somebody else, to a particular place or in order to be present at an event 4 I've only come for an hour. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/learner/come
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come verb
BrE /kʌm/; NAmE /kʌm/
to a place
[intransitive] to move to or towards a person or place1
(+ adv./prep.) He came into the room and shut the door.
She comes to work by bus.
My son is coming home soon.
Come here!
Come and see us soon!
Here comes Jo!(= Jo is coming)
There's a storm coming.
come to do something They're coming to stay for a week.
In spoken English come can be used with and plus another verb, instead of with to and the infinitive, to showpurpose or to tell somebody what to do: When did she last come and see you? Come and have your
dinner. The and is sometimes left out, especially in North American English: Come have your dinner.
[intransitive] come (to…) to arrive at or reach a place2
They continued until they came to a river.
What time did you come (= to my house)?
Spring came late this year.
Your breakfast is coming soon.
Have any letters come for me?
Help came at last.
The CD comes complete with all the words of the songs.
The time has come (= now is the moment) to act.
[intransitive] to arrive somewhere in order to do something or get something3
come for something I've come for my book.
come about something I've come about my book.
come to do something I've come to get my book.
come doing something He came looking for me.
[intransitive] to move or travel, especially with somebody else, to a particular place or in order to be present at anevent