verbBeginner

come

US

/kʌm/

UK

/kʌm/

Meaning

To move toward a person or place, or to arrive at a place.

किसी व्यक्ति या जगह की ओर आना या वहाँ पहुँच जाना।

Examples

“Please come to my office after lunch.”

come to + placepolite request

“What time does the next train come?”

come + timeasking about arrival

“The guests came early for dinner.”

past tensecome + adverb

Useful patterns

come to + placecome + time or adverbcome by + transportcome from + place

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Word family

comes(verb)
came(verb)
coming(verb)

Common collocations

come homecome backcome earlycome on timecome by buscome to workcome closer

Common mistakes

Not natural: I came to home late.

Better: I came home late.

Come home does not take to before home.

Come home के साथ home से पहले to नहीं लगाते।

Not natural: When you will come?

Better: When will you come?

In questions, put will before the subject and use the base verb come.

सवाल में will को subject से पहले रखें और come का मूल रूप इस्तेमाल करें।

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arrivereachshow upget hereapproach
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Learner tip

Use come when someone moves toward the speaker or a place viewed as the destination; use go for movement away.

जब कोई बोलने वाले या तय जगह की ओर आए, तो come कहें; उससे दूर जाने के लिए go इस्तेमाल करें।

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What does come usually mean in “Come to the door”?

“Come to the door” में come का आम तौर पर क्या मतलब है?