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come to nothing

come to nothing verb: to fail completely; to have no result.

Verb

come to nothing (third-person singular simple present comes to nothing, present participle coming to nothing, simple past came to nothing, past participle come to nothing)

  1. (idiomatic) To fail completely; to have no result.
    • The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the US Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
    • Another scheme for electrifying the Swansea & Mumbles also dates from 1898, and was connected with the proposal for the Gower Light Railway from Black Pill to Port Eynon, which came to nothing.1954 August, Charles E. Lee, “The Swansea & Mumbles Railway 150th Anniversary Celebrations”, in Railway Magazine, page 526

come to nothing meaning in Bengali

come to nothing in Bengali

সম্পূর্ণরূপে ব্যর্থ হওয়া, কোনো ফলাফল না থাকা

Synonyms of come to nothing

Forms of come to nothing

third-person singular presentcomes to nothing
present participlecoming to nothing
pastcame to nothing
past participlecome to nothing

Questions about come to nothing

What does come to nothing mean?
Come to nothing means to fail completely; to have no result.
What is come to nothing in Bengali?
Come to nothing in Bengali is সম্পূর্ণরূপে ব্যর্থ হওয়া, কোনো ফলাফল না থাকা. See Come to nothing meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is come to nothing?
Come to nothing is a verb.
What is the past tense of come to nothing?
The past tense of come to nothing is came to nothing.

Words near come to nothing in the dictionary

  1. come to life
  2. come to light
  3. come to mention it
  4. come to mind
  5. come to naught
  6. come to nothing
  7. come to nought
  8. come to one's hand
  9. come to one's senses
  10. come to oneself
  11. come to order

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come to nothing (page history and authors); come to nothing (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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