"come down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come down.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes down [present, singular, third-person], coming down [participle, present], came down [past], come down [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> down}} come down (third-person singular simple present comes down, present participle coming down, simple past came down, past participle come down)
  1. (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse. Tags: intransitive Translations (descend, fall): κατέρχομαι (katérkhomai) (Ancient Greek), نزل (nizil) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), 下來 (Chinese Mandarin), 下来 (xiàlái) (Chinese Mandarin), (jiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), h-A-D54 (hꜣj) (Egyptian), kaatua (english: fall) (Finnish), laskeutua (english: descend) (Finnish), descendre (French), tomber (French), herunterkommen (German), ísligh (Irish), fall dung (Jamaican Creole), 降りる (oriru) (alt: おりる) (Japanese), 내려오다 (naeryeooda) (Korean), descendō (Latin), midina (Malagasy), mianjera (Malagasy), спускаться (spuskatʹsja) (english: descend) [imperfective] (Russian), спуститься (spustitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), падать (padatʹ) (english: fall) [imperfective] (Russian), упасть (upastʹ) [perfective] (Russian), falla ned (Swedish), kārp- (Tocharian B), düşmek (Turkish), 𐎊𐎗𐎄 (yrd) (Ugaritic)
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-vgqCfDYW Disambiguation of 'descend, fall': 63 2 13 3 4 4 1 6 4
  2. (intransitive) To be demolished. Tags: intransitive Translations (be demolished): purkaa (Finnish), knock dung (Jamaican Creole), gå ned (Swedish), çökmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-9jrSYPf7 Disambiguation of 'be demolished': 3 77 2 1 9 3 1 2 2
  3. (intransitive) To decrease. Tags: intransitive Translations (decrease): laskea (Finnish), alentua (Finnish), chuter (French), ísligh (Irish), azalmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-qmQ-03jf Disambiguation of 'decrease': 10 1 83 1 2 1 0 1 1
  4. (intransitive) To reach or release a decision. Tags: intransitive Translations (reach a decision): päättää (Finnish), faire son choix (French)
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb--lTQsDww Disambiguation of 'reach a decision': 12 3 4 64 5 2 1 4 4
  5. (intransitive) To be passed through time. Tags: intransitive Translations (be passed through time): välittyä (Finnish), être transmis (French)
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-in1qP3W7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs with particle (down), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 17 2 3 30 14 8 14 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 12 2 3 29 13 9 17 6 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 10 11 3 4 25 11 11 18 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 12 11 4 3 27 12 9 14 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 12 2 2 31 13 10 17 6 Disambiguation of 'be passed through time': 3 4 1 1 84 3 1 2 1
  6. (intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion. Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (return from an elevated state of consciousness): laskeutua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-P~8ERcb3 Disambiguation of 'return from an elevated state of consciousness': 3 2 1 1 4 76 2 10 1
  7. (impersonal, UK) To rain. Tags: UK, impersonal
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-N6KbJJAK Categories (other): British English
  8. (intransitive, UK) To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university. Tags: UK, intransitive Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-WVkXDdPK Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 Categories (other): British English
  9. Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen.
    Sense id: en-come_down-en-verb-jz2WlF1H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: come-down [noun], comedown [noun], come down on, come down to, come down with, come down with one's dust, come down with the dust

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "descend, fall",
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "kaatua"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "laskeutua"
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      "word": "herunterkommen"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "κατέρχομαι"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "ísligh"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "fall dung"
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      "word": "降りる"
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      "roman": "naeryeooda",
      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "내려오다"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "descendō"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "midina"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "mianjera"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
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      "word": "упасть"
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      "sense": "descend, fall",
      "word": "falla ned"
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      "word": "kārp-"
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      "sense": "be demolished",
      "word": "purkaa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "decrease",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "decrease",
      "word": "alentua"
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      "sense": "decrease",
      "word": "chuter"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "decrease",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "reach a decision",
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      "word": "faire son choix"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "be passed through time",
      "word": "välittyä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "be passed through time",
      "word": "être transmis"
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