"come around" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ [UK], [kʰɐ.məˈɹaʊnd] [UK], /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ [US], [kʰʌ.məˈɹaʊnd] [US], /kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/ [General-Australian], [ka.məˈɹəʉnd] [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-come around.ogg Forms: comes around [present, singular, third-person], coming around [participle, present], came around [past], come around [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> around}} come around (third-person singular simple present comes around, present participle coming around, simple past came around, past participle come around)
  1. (idiomatic) To change one's mind, especially to begin to agree or appreciate what one was reluctant to accept at first. Tags: idiomatic Translations (change one's mind): tulla toisiin aatoksiin (Finnish), einlenken (German), ripensarsi (Italian), tornare in sé (Italian), cambiare idea (Italian), ricredersi (Italian), mudar de ideia (Portuguese), переду́мать (peredúmatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), premisliti si (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-come_around-en-verb-HD4Bcmen Disambiguation of "change one's mind": 98 2 0
  2. To regain consciousness after a faint etc. Synonyms (regain consciousness): come to, come to one's senses, wake up Translations (regain consciousness): zu sich kommen (German), tornare in sé (Italian), recuperar os sentidos (Portuguese), voltar a si (Portuguese), recobrar a consciência (Portuguese), прийти́ в себя́ (prijtí v sebjá) (Russian), thig gu (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-come_around-en-verb-L5axnAW~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovene translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 48 20 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "around": 22 58 19 Disambiguation of English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax: 20 65 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 51 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 48 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 65 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 66 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 63 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 64 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 20 65 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 20 66 15 Disambiguation of 'regain consciousness': 8 89 3 Disambiguation of 'regain consciousness': 8 89 3
  3. To visit or arrive for a visit.
    Sense id: en-come_around-en-verb-hElGig05
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: what goes around comes around Related terms: come-around, what goes around comes around

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "change one's mind",
      "word": "tulla toisiin aatoksiin"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "change one's mind",
      "word": "einlenken"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change one's mind",
      "word": "ripensarsi"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "change one's mind",
      "word": "tornare in sé"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "cambiare idea"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "change one's mind",
      "word": "ricredersi"
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      "sense": "change one's mind",
      "word": "mudar de ideia"
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      "sense": "change one's mind",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "regain consciousness",
      "word": "zu sich kommen"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "regain consciousness",
      "word": "tornare in sé"
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      "sense": "regain consciousness",
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      "sense": "regain consciousness",
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      "sense": "regain consciousness",
      "word": "recobrar a consciência"
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      "roman": "prijtí v sebjá",
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      "word": "прийти́ в себя́"
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      "sense": "regain consciousness",
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