Analysis Complete

come on

/ come on /

verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1

become available

"water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"

Type of:

get down begin get

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 2

appear or become visible; make a showing

"She turned up at the funeral"

"I hope the list key is going to surface again"

Type of:

appear

Derived:

open surface

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something to somebody

Somebody ----s something with something

verb Sense 3

develop in a positive way

"He progressed well in school"

"My plants are coming along"

"Plans are shaping up"

Opposites:

regress retrograde retrogress

Type of:

develop

Kinds of:

climb leapfrog

Derived:

improvement betterment advance progress progression

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

verb Sense 4

start running, functioning, or operating

"the lights went on"

"the computer came up"

Opposites:

go off

Type of:

start go get going

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

verb Sense 5

move towards

"We were approaching our destination"

"They are drawing near"

"The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

Type of:

come come up

Kinds of:

drive up bear down on bear down upon edge in edge up

Derived:

approach approaching coming

Verb group:

approach come near

Entails:

advance progress pass on

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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get down begin get appear develop climb leapfrog regress retrograde retrogress start go