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

‘People come to me with the letters, and I say, “Too bad you didn’t come to me sooner.”’

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

It was only 18 months ago that Padres fans wondered whether the good times might come to an end, with the widow of beloved owner Peter Seidler suing his brothers for control of the team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Perhaps the U.S. and Canada will come to some agreement in the coming days and avert more economic upheaval.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Wiltshire-based food influencer Baljinder Kaur Sangha-Gill, also known as The Authentic Punjabee, says her pages have moved beyond a list of recommendations and have come to represent a community of friends.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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