"come to mind" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-come to mind.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes to mind [present, singular, third-person], coming to mind [participle, present], came to mind [past], come to mind [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,came,come>}} come to mind (third-person singular simple present comes to mind, present participle coming to mind, simple past came to mind, past participle come to mind)
  1. (idiomatic) To appear in one's thoughts. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: bring to mind, call to mind, put someone in mind of, remind, top of mind, front of mind Translations (to appear in one's thoughts): venire in mente (Italian), przychodzić do głowy [imperfective] (Polish), przyjść do głowy [perfective] (Polish), venir a la mente (Spanish), venirse a la cabeza (Spanish), komma ihåg (Swedish), ihågkomma (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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