come to

British  

verb

1. to regain consciousness or return to one's normal state

2. (adverb) nautical to slow a vessel or bring her to a stop

3. (preposition) to amount to (a sum of money)

   your bill comes to four pounds

4. (preposition) to arrive at (a certain state)

   what is the world coming to?

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come to Idioms  

1. Recover consciousness, as in She fainted but quickly came to . [Second half of 1500s]

2. Arrive at, learn, as in I came to see that Tom had been right all along . [c. 1700]

3. See amount to , def. 2.

4. See when it comes to .

5. Stop a sailboat or other vessel by bringing the bow into the wind or dropping anchor, as in “The gale having gone over, we came to” (Richard Dana, Two Years Before the Mast , 1840). [Early 1700s] Also see the subsequent entries beginning with come to .

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Example Sentences

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come to

Though she said the win validates her decision to come to Glasgow, she defended the decision of others to withdraw.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Investors had come to view Apple’s stock as a port in the storm of artificial-intelligence uncertainty, but the company’s latest earnings report showed it’s not immune to AI pressures.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

But the jury could not come to a decision on three other counts of the same charge.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Though officials originally intended that fee to apply to all H-1B visas, widespread opposition from tech giants led the administration to narrow it to foreign recruits seeking to come to America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

I knew he liked me, but Ma’s idea that we were going to come to some arrangement in such a short time was too ridiculous.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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