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

On Friday, Disney said “a number” of Character.AI’s technical team are expected to come to Disney with Anand.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

"It is very difficult, very emotional. It's very difficult for the woman to actually come forward and to come to the clinic, attend the clinic, and have a conversation with me as well," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

After more than five years above target, inflation could become entrenched as businesses and households come to expect it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

A number of celebrities have come to her defense, including Jim Carrey and Jerry Seinfeld.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2017

“Someday I hope you will come to our lovely country,” she writes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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