came

CEFRA1

/ˈkeɪ̯m/

verb · preposition · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past tense of come; moved toward or reached a place.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    past participle of come

Examples

  • I didn't know where it came from.

  • We all cheered as the team came on to the field.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
3
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈkʰeɪ̯m]
  • /ˈkæ̝ɪ̯m/

Deep Dive

preposition

Extra meaning

  1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.

More examples

In context

  • What if you gave a speech and nobody came?

  • With that army the British army, in the course of its operations, must have came in contact; and, if that were likely, (may rather if it was impossible to avoid it.) I will ask, whether, under all the circumstances of Europe[…]

  • I don't know why her ass couldn't have just waited until I had got ready so we could have came together. It's bad enough I even have to be in this mothafucka.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

When the teacher called his name, the student blank to the front of the class.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

verb

See come.