come up in English dictionary

  • come up

    Meanings and definitions of "come up"

    • Used other than as an idiom: see come , up .
    • To appear before a judge or court.
    • (intransitive) To come towards, to approach.
    • (idiomatic, intransitive) To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly; to come to attention, present itself.
    • (UK, slang, intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
    • verb
      Used other than as an idiom: [i]see come, up.[/i]
    • verb
      To appear before a judge or court.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To come towards, to approach.
    • verb
      (idiomatic, intransitive)
      To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly; to come to attention, present itself.
    • verb
      (Britain, slang, intransitive)
      To begin to feel the effects of a recreational drug.
    • verb
      (Britain, Oxford University)
      To arrive at the university. (Compare go down, send down.)
    • to emerge, become known
    • come up (on the agenda)
    • To move toward or to reach either the speaker, the person spoken to, or the subject of the speaker's narrative.
    • verb
      be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
    • verb
      bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
    • verb
      come to the surface
    • verb
      come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
    • verb
      gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"
    • verb
      gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
    • verb
      get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
    • verb
      move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
    • verb
      move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
    • verb
      originate or come into being; "a question arose"
    • verb
      result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
    • verb
      start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

    Synonyms of "come up" in English dictionary

    get, come in, roll up are the top synonyms of "come up" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "come up" in English dictionary

    go off, fall, set are the top antonyms of "come up" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of come up

    • to come up ( third-person singular simple present comes up, present participle coming up, simple past came up, past participle come up)
    • come up (third-person singular simple present comes up, present participle coming up, simple past came up, past participle come up)
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