"come in" meaning in English

See come in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kʌm ˈɪn/ [UK], [kʰɐm ˈɪn] [UK], /kʌm ˈɪn/ [US], [kʰʌm ˈɪn] [US] Forms: comes in [present, singular, third-person], coming in [participle, present], came in [past], come in [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|com in}} Middle English com in, {{inh|en|enm|incomen||to come in; enter}} Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), {{inh|en|ang|incuman||to come in; enter}} Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*inkwemaną||to come in; enter}} Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), {{compound|en|come|in}} come + in, {{cog|nl|kom in||come in}} Dutch kom in (“come in”) Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> in}} come in (third-person singular simple present comes in, present participle coming in, simple past came in, past participle come in)
  1. To enter.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-Vlc-Q1Hb Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 1 1 2 2 22 22 5 4 2 7 3 3 1 2 3 5
  2. To arrive.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-APLnCJ~s
  3. To become relevant, applicable, or useful. Translations (to become relevant, applicable or useful): astua kuvaan (Finnish), ins Spiel kommen (German), вступа́ть (vstupátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вступи́ть (vstupítʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-ynCpUTUS Disambiguation of 'to become relevant, applicable or useful': 1 1 71 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
  4. To become available.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-KTOhLuvl
  5. (of a broadcast, such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-SBqf~ofO
  6. (music) To join or enter; to begin playing with a group. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-2EEMBCb8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 1 1 1 21 25 9 6 1 8 2 2 1 1 3 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 3 3 3 3 17 19 8 4 4 8 3 3 3 4 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 1 1 2 2 22 22 5 4 2 7 3 3 1 2 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 1 1 1 2 22 26 10 3 2 9 2 2 1 2 1 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 2 3 3 3 17 18 8 5 3 7 4 4 2 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 2 6 3 3 16 18 8 6 3 7 3 3 2 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 3 3 3 3 18 20 9 5 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 8 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  7. (informal) To enter a plan or group; to join in. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-rkKC-Hg7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 1 1 1 1 21 25 9 6 1 8 2 2 1 1 3 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 5 2 2 2 2 17 22 9 5 3 9 4 3 2 3 2 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 3 3 3 3 17 19 8 4 4 8 3 3 3 4 3 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 1 1 2 2 22 22 5 4 2 7 3 3 1 2 3 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 1 1 1 2 22 26 10 3 2 9 2 2 1 2 1 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 2 3 3 3 17 18 8 5 3 7 4 4 2 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 2 6 3 3 16 18 8 6 3 7 3 3 2 4 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 3 3 3 3 18 20 9 5 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 8
  8. (of a fugitive or a person in hiding) To surrender; to turn oneself in.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-SiZ-HUS7
  9. (intransitive) To yield or surrender. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: give in, give up
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-R-5XFCni
  10. (often imperative) To begin transmitting. Tags: imperative, often
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-8ghiQLnm
  11. To function in the indicated manner.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-DVvLubG~
  12. To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-lOCkqIpI
  13. To finish a race or similar competition in first place.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-oNG8zVdb
  14. (of the tide) To rise.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-qKR4JicU
  15. To become fashionable.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-x7eBH47W
  16. To fully develop.
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-6DpZxPDQ
  17. (obsolete, printing, of a copy) To be correctly placed in preparation for printing. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Printing, Broadcasting
    Sense id: en-come_in-en-verb-hLxQVi6J Disambiguation of Broadcasting: 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 5 5 6 6 4 6 6 13 Topics: media, printing, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: come in from the cold Related terms: go in

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 2 2 2 0 0 15 20 0 0 17 13 12 0 2 0 15",
      "word": "come in from the cold"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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        "3": "com in"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "incomen",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to come in; enter"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "incuman",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to come in; enter"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*inkwemaną",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to come in; enter"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "come",
        "3": "in"
      },
      "expansion": "come + in",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "kom in",
        "3": "",
        "4": "come in"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kom in (“come in”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came in",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 2 2 2 0 0 15 20 0 0 17 13 12 0 2 0 15",
      "word": "go in"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 1 1 2 2 22 22 5 4 2 7 3 3 1 2 3 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Please come in and look around."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Come in. … Well, Anna, welcome. ― Thank you.\nAudio (US): (file)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-Vlc-Q1Hb",
      "links": [
        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "That flight just came in."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To arrive."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-APLnCJ~s",
      "links": [
        [
          "arrive",
          "arrive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in."
        },
        {
          "text": "1889, Thomas Huxley, in Popular Science Monthly; part of the \"Agnosticism controversy\", Agnosticism: A Rejoinder\nAs I have shown, \"infidel\" merely means somebody who does not believe what you believe yourself, and therefore Dr. Wace has a perfect right to call, say, my old Egyptian donkey-driver, Nooleh, and myself, infidels, just as Nooleh and I have a right to call him an infidel. The ludicrous aspect of the thing comes in only when either of us demands that the two others should so label themselves."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become relevant, applicable, or useful."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-ynCpUTUS",
      "links": [
        [
          "relevant",
          "relevant"
        ],
        [
          "applicable",
          "applicable"
        ],
        [
          "useful",
          "useful"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 71 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
          "word": "astua kuvaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 71 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
          "word": "ins Spiel kommen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 71 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vstupátʹ",
          "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вступа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 71 10 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vstupítʹ",
          "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вступи́ть"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Blueberries will be coming in next month."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become available."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-KTOhLuvl",
      "links": [
        [
          "available",
          "available"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-SBqf~ofO",
      "links": [
        [
          "broadcast",
          "broadcast"
        ],
        [
          "signal",
          "signal"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "such as radio or television",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a broadcast, such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a broadcast"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 1 1 1 1 21 25 9 6 1 8 2 2 1 1 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 3 3 3 3 17 19 8 4 4 8 3 3 3 4 3 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 1 1 2 2 22 22 5 4 2 7 3 3 1 2 3 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 1 1 2 22 26 10 3 2 9 2 2 1 2 1 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 3 3 3 17 18 8 5 3 7 4 4 2 6 2 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 6 3 3 16 18 8 6 3 7 3 3 2 4 2 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 3 3 3 18 20 9 5 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They started together, but the drummer came in late."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To join or enter; to begin playing with a group."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-2EEMBCb8",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "join",
          "join"
        ],
        [
          "enter",
          "enter"
        ],
        [
          "playing",
          "playing"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) To join or enter; to begin playing with a group."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 1 1 1 1 21 25 9 6 1 8 2 2 1 1 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 2 2 2 2 17 22 9 5 3 9 4 3 2 3 2 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"in\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 3 3 3 3 17 19 8 4 4 8 3 3 3 4 3 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 1 1 2 2 22 22 5 4 2 7 3 3 1 2 3 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 1 1 1 2 22 26 10 3 2 9 2 2 1 2 1 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 3 3 3 17 18 8 5 3 7 4 4 2 6 2 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 6 3 3 16 18 8 6 3 7 3 3 2 4 2 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 3 3 3 18 20 9 5 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: come across"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter a plan or group; to join in."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-rkKC-Hg7",
      "links": [
        [
          "join in",
          "join in"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) To enter a plan or group; to join in."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Near-synonym: come across"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, G. D. McCrary, Guerrillas in the Midst, page 352:",
          "text": "Every police officer and agent in New York City is gunning for you. If you come in now, I can guarantee your safety.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To surrender; to turn oneself in."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-SiZ-HUS7",
      "links": [
        [
          "fugitive",
          "fugitive"
        ],
        [
          "hiding",
          "hiding"
        ],
        [
          "surrender",
          "surrender"
        ],
        [
          "turn oneself in",
          "turn in"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a fugitive or a person in hiding) To surrender; to turn oneself in."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a fugitive or a person in hiding"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To yield or surrender."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-R-5XFCni",
      "links": [
        [
          "yield",
          "yield"
        ],
        [
          "surrender",
          "surrender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To yield or surrender."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "give in"
        },
        {
          "word": "give up"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To begin transmitting."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-8ghiQLnm",
      "links": [
        [
          "transmit",
          "transmit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often imperative) To begin transmitting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "often"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To function in the indicated manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-DVvLubG~"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-lOCkqIpI",
      "links": [
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "competition",
          "competition"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My horse came in in the first race."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To finish a race or similar competition in first place."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-oNG8zVdb",
      "links": [
        [
          "race",
          "race"
        ],
        [
          "first",
          "first"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "go out"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The tide will come in in an hour."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rise."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-qKR4JicU",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of the tide) To rise."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of the tide"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Orange blouses are coming in!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Phil Thornton, Casuals: The Story of a Terrace Cult:",
          "text": "During the summer of 1984 there had been a backlash against labels in Portsmouth and a more simple style came in.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become fashionable."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-x7eBH47W"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:",
          "text": "“Everyone says that you should wait, because your body doesn’t fully come in until you’re like 30, and I’m 20 years old, and why am I going to wait until I’m 30 to be snatched?” Catera Northup, an exotic dancer from Rhode Island, said.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fully develop."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_in-en-verb-6DpZxPDQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "develop",
          "develop"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Printing",
          "orig": "en:Printing",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 5 5 6 6 4 6 6 13",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Broadcasting",
          "orig": "en:Broadcasting",
          "parents": [
            "Media",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Communication",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be correctly placed in preparation for printing."
      ],
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        "(obsolete, printing, of a copy) To be correctly placed in preparation for printing."
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}
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          "text": "Please come in and look around."
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          "ref": "2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "text": "Come in. … Well, Anna, welcome. ― Thank you.\nAudio (US): (file)"
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        "To enter."
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          "text": "That flight just came in."
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        "To arrive."
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        {
          "text": "The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in."
        },
        {
          "text": "1889, Thomas Huxley, in Popular Science Monthly; part of the \"Agnosticism controversy\", Agnosticism: A Rejoinder\nAs I have shown, \"infidel\" merely means somebody who does not believe what you believe yourself, and therefore Dr. Wace has a perfect right to call, say, my old Egyptian donkey-driver, Nooleh, and myself, infidels, just as Nooleh and I have a right to call him an infidel. The ludicrous aspect of the thing comes in only when either of us demands that the two others should so label themselves."
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        {
          "text": "Blueberries will be coming in next month."
        }
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        "To become available."
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        {
          "text": "Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here."
        }
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        "To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well."
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        "(of a broadcast, such as radio or television) To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well."
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        "of a broadcast"
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        {
          "text": "They started together, but the drummer came in late."
        }
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        "To join or enter; to begin playing with a group."
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        "(music) To join or enter; to begin playing with a group."
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          "text": "Near-synonym: come across"
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        "To enter a plan or group; to join in."
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        "(informal) To enter a plan or group; to join in."
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          "text": "Every police officer and agent in New York City is gunning for you. If you come in now, I can guarantee your safety.",
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        "To surrender; to turn oneself in."
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        "(of a fugitive or a person in hiding) To surrender; to turn oneself in."
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        "of a fugitive or a person in hiding"
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        "To yield or surrender."
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        "(intransitive) To yield or surrender."
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          "word": "give in"
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          "word": "give up"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me?"
        }
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        "To begin transmitting."
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        "(often imperative) To begin transmitting."
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      "examples": [
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          "text": "Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out."
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        "To function in the indicated manner."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race."
        }
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        "To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like."
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        {
          "text": "My horse came in in the first race."
        }
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        "To finish a race or similar competition in first place."
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          "place"
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          "word": "go out"
        }
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        {
          "text": "The tide will come in in an hour."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To rise."
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        "(of the tide) To rise."
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        "of the tide"
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        {
          "text": "Orange blouses are coming in!"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Phil Thornton, Casuals: The Story of a Terrace Cult:",
          "text": "During the summer of 1984 there had been a backlash against labels in Portsmouth and a more simple style came in.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To become fashionable."
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 May 11, Sandra E. Garcia, “Butt Lifts Are Booming. Healing Is No Joke.”, in The New York Times Magazine:",
          "text": "“Everyone says that you should wait, because your body doesn’t fully come in until you’re like 30, and I’m 20 years old, and why am I going to wait until I’m 30 to be snatched?” Catera Northup, an exotic dancer from Rhode Island, said.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To fully develop."
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be correctly placed in preparation for printing."
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          "printing",
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        "(obsolete, printing, of a copy) To be correctly placed in preparation for printing."
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        "of a copy"
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        "obsolete"
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        "media",
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    {
      "ipa": "/kʌm ˈɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɐm ˈɪn]",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʌm ˈɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰʌm ˈɪn]",
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        "US"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
      "word": "astua kuvaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
      "word": "ins Spiel kommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstupátʹ",
      "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вступа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstupítʹ",
      "sense": "to become relevant, applicable or useful",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вступи́ть"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come in"
}

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