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came online

came online is the simple past of come online.

Meaning of come online

Verb

come online (third-person singular simple present comes online, present participle coming online, simple past came online, past participle come online)

  1. (idiomatic) To enter service or become active.
    • It will be some time before the new factory comes online, and until then we can't fulfill demand.
  2. (idiomatic) To log in to an Internet communication system, such as an instant messenger, online game or forum.
    • Come online later; I want to talk to you.

Questions about came online

What is came online the simple past of?
Came online is the simple past of come online.

Words near came online in the dictionary

  1. came on
  2. came on over
  3. came on strong
  4. came on to
  5. came one's way
  6. came online
  7. came onto
  8. came out
  9. came out in
  10. came out in the wash
  11. came out of one's shell

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Adapted from Wiktionary: came online (page history and authors); come online (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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