Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come round

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables: come round
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To change direction.

verb

To change one's opinion to a prevailing one.

verb

To return to a former condition.

verb

To return to a former condition.

verb

To visit someone's home or other regular place.

Example Sentences

"I'll explain it again, and maybe he'll come round to my way of thinking."
"He's a reasonable man. I knew he'd come round eventually."
"After the blow to my head, I took a while to come round."
"Signalman Bridges was killed by the blast, as was fireman Nightall. Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung."
"Would you like to come round for dinner tonight?"
"What day does the garbage man come round?"

Etymology

From come + round.

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

come around

Frequently Paired Words

come around

Synonyms

put about turn around wheel give way come to come to one's senses wake up calm down cease fire pull in one's horns call on

Questions

What does come round mean?: To change direction.
Where does come round come from?: From come + round.

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