"come to pass" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: comes to pass [present, singular, third-person], coming to pass [participle, present], came to pass [past], come to pass [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> to pass}} come to pass (third-person singular simple present comes to pass, present participle coming to pass, simple past came to pass, past participle come to pass)
  1. To happen; to occur. Synonyms: transpire, happen Translations (to happen, to occur): gebeuren (Dutch), se passer (French), geschehen (German), történik (Hungarian), megtörténik (Hungarian), accidō (Latin), ēveniō (Latin), hende (Norwegian Bokmål), skje (Norwegian Bokmål), bli noe av (Norwegian Bokmål), āgangan (Old English), weorþan (Old English), suceder (Spanish), ocurrir (Spanish), acontecer (Spanish), ske (Swedish), hända (Swedish), inträffa (Swedish), kän- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-come_to_pass-en-verb-TR8-w9Th Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come to pass meaning in English (2.9kB)

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          "sense": "to happen, to occur",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to happen, to occur",
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      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
      "word": "suceder"
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      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
      "word": "ocurrir"
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      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
      "word": "ske"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
      "word": "hända"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
      "word": "inträffa"
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      "sense": "to happen, to occur",
      "word": "kän-"
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