Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come about

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.69 in modern English

Syllables: come about
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.

Intransitive verb

verb

To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.

Intransitive verb

verb

To change; to come round.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"We have to ask, how did this come about?"
"In a review of operating experience with the Southern Region diesel-electric multiple-units on the Hastings line, read to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in October, Mr. W. J. A. Sykes, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer of the S.R., revealed how the somehat unprepossessing appearance of these train sets came about."
"The wind is come about."
"On better thoughts, and my urg'd reasons, / They are come about, and won to the true side."

Usage

Intransitive verb

Inflected Forms

comes about (present, singular) coming about (participle, present) came about (past)

Synonyms

come to pass come to be occur transpire happen hap go on pass off pass fall out take place

Questions

What does come about mean?: To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.

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