"come to mind" meaning in English

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Verb

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|come<,,came,come> to mind}} 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 Synonyms: spring to mind, leap to mind Related terms: call to mind, bring to mind
    Sense id: en-come_to_mind-en-verb-gC4wU6Dq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come to mind meaning in English (1.6kB)

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