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

There are also synchronized motocross jumps in front of the White House, which feels like a 12-year-old’s doodle come to life.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

"Instruct your negotiators to come to the July session ready to conclude," they said.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

He has come to think the effort curdled into something “performative rather than informative.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

Ashkan Karmi, 35, an Anaheim resident and longtime fan of Iranian soccer, said he always makes a point of supporting Iran teams when they come to California.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

The Watcher had merely come to find out what he was.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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