"come under" meaning in English

See come under in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: comes under [present, singular, third-person], coming under [participle, present], came under [past], come under [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> under}} come under (third-person singular simple present comes under, present participle coming under, simple past came under, past participle come under)
  1. (literally) To come underneath (something). Tags: literally Translations (come underneath): tulla alle (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-come_under-en-verb-DQuO6Q3q Disambiguation of 'come underneath': 88 7 4
  2. To be included or classified under (a title, specified class etc.). Translations (be classified under): laskea (note: in passive) (Finnish), kuulua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-come_under-en-verb-OJBpyxt2 Disambiguation of 'be classified under': 16 69 16
  3. To be subjected to, be under the auspices of. Translations (be subjected to): joutua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-come_under-en-verb-uHwZGDbM Disambiguation of 'be subjected to': 0 3 97

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come under meaning in English (1.9kB)

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