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come to
verb
to regain consciousness or return to one's normal state
(adverb) nautical to slow a vessel or bring her to a stop
(preposition) to amount to (a sum of money)
your bill comes to four pounds
(preposition) to arrive at (a certain state)
what is the world coming to?
Idioms and Phrases
Recover consciousness, as in She fainted but quickly came to . [Second half of 1500s]
Arrive at, learn, as in I came to see that Tom had been right all along . [c. 1700]
See amount to , def. 2.
See when it comes to .
Stop a sailboat or other vessel by bringing the bow into the wind or dropping anchor, as in “The gale having gone over, we came to” (Richard Dana, Two Years Before the Mast , 1840). [Early 1700s] Also see the subsequent entries beginning with come to .
Example Sentences
That reality came to fruition at the start of this season, when the Dodgers opened their season in Tokyo in front of sold-out crowds painted almost entirely in shades of Dodger blue apparel.
Which, come to think it, is what the American ideal is supposed to be about.
"The first time people come to rugby grounds, we have got to make them welcome," says Calder.
One friend shared that when it comes to one of her best friends from childhood, there is no limit to the number of times they cancel on each other.
The organizers also waved away concerns that foreign fans might be discouraged from coming to the U.S. for the games, since they expect most ticket sales to be domestic.
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