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come up

/ come up /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
be mentioned
"These names came up in the discussion"
Type of:
arise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
bring forth, usually something desirable
"The committee came up with some interesting recommendations"
Type of:
generate bring forth
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
originate or come into being
"aquestion arose"
Type of:
become
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 4
come to the surface
Type of:
ascend go up
Kinds of:
emerge resurface bubble up intumesce well
Derived:
lift rise surface Earth's surface surfacing
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 5
come up, of celestial bodies
"The sun also rises"
"The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."
"Jupiter ascends"
Opposites:
set go down go under
Type of:
rise lift arise
Derived:
ascension rise rising ascent
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Domain:
astronomy uranology
verb Sense 6
occur
"A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
Type of:
happen hap go on
Kinds of:
condense open open up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 7
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
"He came singing down the road"
"Come with me to the Casbah"
"come down here!"
"come out of the closet!"
"come into the room"
Opposites:
go go away depart
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
emanate address accost come up to approach
Derived:
approach approaching coming
See also:
attach to accompany come with go with succeed
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 8
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 9
gather (money or other resources) together over time
"She had scraped together enough money for college"
Type of:
roll up collect accumulate
Kinds of:
nickel-and-dime
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 10
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
"I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"
"I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"
"The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter"
Type of:
get acquire
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 11
gather or bring together
"muster the courage to do something"
"she rallied her intellect"
"Summon all your courage"
Type of:
gather garner collect
Derived:
rally rallying
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 12
move upward
"The fog lifted"
"The smoke arose from the forest fire"
"The mist uprose from the meadows"
Opposites:
descend fall go down come down
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
scend surge climb climb up mount
Derived:
elevation lift raising rise rising
See also:
surface rise up rise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
12
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
86
Times Searched
3
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arise generate bring forth become ascend go up emerge resurface bubble up intumesce well rise