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• past tense form of come.

came

¹ American  

[keym] / keɪm /

verb

1. simple past tense of come.

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came ² American  

[keym] / keɪm /

noun

1. a slender, grooved bar of lead for holding together the pieces of glass in windows of latticework or stained glass.

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came ¹ British  

/ keɪm /

verb

1. the past tense of come

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came ² British  

/ keɪm /

noun

1. a grooved strip of lead used to join pieces of glass in a stained-glass window or a leaded light

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Etymology

Origin of came

First recorded in 1680–90; special use of came “ridge”; see comb, kame ¹

Example Sentences

They went on to have chart hits with songs such as Glad You Came, Chasing the Sun and All Time Low.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

If he weren’t a trauma doctor, you might chalk up the missing headgear to romantic imagery and an homage to “Then Came Bronson.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

Paul Petts:, external Came through the youth ranks at Bristol Rovers and went on to play 149 times in midfield for Shrewsbury Town.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

And here, the classic 1958 Messengers band lives on via three songs: tenor saxophonist Benny Golson’s smooth-grooving “Along Came Betty,” and his martial-themed “Blues March,” and Timmons’s “Moanin’.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

“Good. Came to see Prince Dain win the crown with my own eyes.”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black