"come to a head" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-come to a head.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes to a head [present, singular, third-person], coming to a head [participle, present], came to a head [past], come to a head [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to a head}} come to a head (third-person singular simple present comes to a head, present participle coming to a head, simple past came to a head, past participle come to a head)
  1. (idiomatic) To rapidly reach a turning point or climax. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to rapidly reach a turning point or climax): arribar a un punt crític (Catalan), 到緊要關頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 到紧要关头 (dào jǐnyàoguāntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 到轉折點 (Chinese Mandarin), 到转折点 (dào zhuǎnzhédiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 進入緊要關頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 进入紧要关头 (jìnrù jǐnyàoguāntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 進入轉折點 (Chinese Mandarin), 进入转折点 (jìnrù zhuǎnzhédiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), tot een uitbarsting komen (Dutch), een kritiek punt bereiken (Dutch), kärjistyä (Finnish), arriver à un point critique (French), zuspitzen (German), καταλήγω σε κρίση (katalígo se krísi) (Greek), αποκορυφώνομαι (apokoryfónomai) (Greek), הגיע לשיא (higía lasí) (Hebrew), 熟する (jukusuru) (Japanese), 곪다 (gomda) (Korean), têter [Jersey] (Norman), stawiać sprawę na ostrzu noża [imperfective] (Polish), postawić sprawę na ostrzu noża [perfective] (Polish), culminar (Portuguese), atingir um ponto crítico (Portuguese), culminar (Spanish), llegar a un punto crítico (Spanish), komma till ett avgörande (Swedish), komma till sin spets (Swedish), 到要緊個辰光 (Wu Chinese), 到要紧个辰光 (Wu Chinese)
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_head-en-verb-JcAHoAbu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 28 32 9 Disambiguation of 'to rapidly reach a turning point or climax': 92 3 2 3
  2. (idiomatic) To suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time): purkautua (Finnish), vir à tona (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_head-en-verb-xas~Mz68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 28 32 9 Disambiguation of 'to suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time': 3 88 9 1
  3. (idiomatic) To suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed): tehdä valmiiksi (Finnish), madurar (Portuguese), amadurecer (Portuguese), madurecer (Portuguese), назре́ть (nazrétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), назрева́ть (nazrevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_head-en-verb-41mIbmDb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 28 32 9 Disambiguation of 'to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed': 2 10 87 1
  4. (medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (to reach its final stage): yetişmək (Azerbaijani), шыҫ (šyś) (Chuvash), kypsyä (Finnish), mûrir (French), ពង (pɔɔng) (Khmer), supurar (Portuguese), criar pus (Portuguese), нарва́ть (narvátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), нарыва́ть (naryvátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_to_a_head-en-verb-izT~047H Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'to reach its final stage': 2 0 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (causative equivalent): bring to a head
Disambiguation of 'causative equivalent': 34 30 17 18

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reach its final stage."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an abscess"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-come to a head.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/En-au-come_to_a_head.ogg/En-au-come_to_a_head.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-au-come_to_a_head.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "causative equivalent",
      "word": "bring to a head"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "arribar a un punt crític"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "到緊要關頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dào jǐnyàoguāntóu",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "到紧要关头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "到轉折點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dào zhuǎnzhédiǎn",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "到转折点"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "進入緊要關頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnrù jǐnyàoguāntóu",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "进入紧要关头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "進入轉折點"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnrù zhuǎnzhédiǎn",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "进入转折点"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "到要緊個辰光"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "到要紧个辰光"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "tot een uitbarsting komen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "een kritiek punt bereiken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "kärjistyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "arriver à un point critique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "zuspitzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katalígo se krísi",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "καταλήγω σε κρίση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apokoryfónomai",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "αποκορυφώνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "higía lasí",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "הגיע לשיא"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jukusuru",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "熟する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gomda",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "곪다"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "têter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "stawiać sprawę na ostrzu noża"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "postawić sprawę na ostrzu noża"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "culminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "atingir um ponto crítico"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "culminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "llegar a un punto crítico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "komma till ett avgörande"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to rapidly reach a turning point or climax",
      "word": "komma till sin spets"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time",
      "word": "purkautua"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to suddenly reveal that which has lain latent for a time",
      "word": "vir à tona"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed",
      "word": "tehdä valmiiksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed",
      "word": "madurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed",
      "word": "amadurecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed",
      "word": "madurecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazrétʹ",
      "sense": "to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "назре́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nazrevátʹ",
      "sense": "to suddenly make mature or perfected that which was inchoate or imperfectly formed",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "назрева́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "word": "yetişmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "šyś",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "word": "шыҫ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "word": "kypsyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "word": "mûrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pɔɔng",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "word": "ពង"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "word": "supurar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "word": "criar pus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narvátʹ",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нарва́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naryvátʹ",
      "sense": "to reach its final stage",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нарыва́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come to a head"
}

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