Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come what may

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English

Syllables: come what -may
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur.

Example Sentences

"He swore that, come what may, he'd never let her out of his sight again."
"Come what come may, / Time, and the Houre, runs through the rougheſt Day."
"If you vant a more polished sort o' feller, vell and good, have him; but vages or no vages, notice or no notice, board or no board, lodgin' or no lodgin', Sam Veller, as you took from the old inn in the Borough, sticks by you, come what may."
"[W]e are here of a set purpose and we will go forward with it, come what may."
"Before I first saw you / Each day was just another day / Night the lonely interlude / Just came, then blew away / You know girl / Everything was come what may until you fell in my life"
"Still, now the prime minister remains "on message," reiterating that the election will be held in January, come what may."

Phrases

hold come what may be that as it may come hell or high water no matter what

Frequently Paired Words

be that as it may come hell or high water no matter what

Synonyms

anyway no matter what regardless

Questions

What does come what may mean?: In spite of anything that might happen; whatever may occur.

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