Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come over

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.60 in modern English

Syllables: come over
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.

Transitive verb

verb

To seem; to come to express a feeling or state.

Informal

verb

To change one's position or location, especially to someone else's home or to an opposing side in competition or conflict.

Intransitive verb

verb

To deceive or get the better of; overreach.

Dated; Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I apologise for my behaviour last night. I don't know what came over me."
"It was then that a great pity came over me for this thin shadow of man; thinking rather what a fine, tall gentleman Colonel Mohune had once been, and a good soldier no doubt besides, than that he had wasted a noble estate and played traitor to the king."
"That's why he's come over strange."
"come over for coffee and cake"
"You'll soon come over to my way of thinking: welcome to the dark side."
"He'll come over if we guarantee him a seat on the board."

Usage

Inflected Forms

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

Derived Forms

comeover

Synonyms

overtake come across come off come by drop by stop by

Questions

What does come over mean?: To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.

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