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come under

come under verb: to come underneath (something).

Verb

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).
    • Why don't you come under my umbrella? There's plenty of room.
  2. To be included or classified under (a title, specified class etc.).
    • To sympathisers, though, all of his crimes came under the general heading of misdemeanors.
  3. To be subjected to, be under the auspices of.
    • Eventually I was promoted, and a small team of recruits came under my authority.

come under meaning in Kannada

come under in Kannada

ಒಳಪಡು, ಒಳಗಾಗು, ಸಿಲುಕು, ತೊಂದರೆಗೊಳಗಾಗು

Forms of come under

third-person singular presentcomes under
present participlecoming under
pastcame under
past participlecome under

Questions about come under

What does come under mean?
Come under means to come underneath (something).
What is come under in Kannada?
Come under in Kannada is ಒಳಪಡು, ಒಳಗಾಗು, ಸಿಲುಕು. See Come under meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is come under?
Come under is a verb.
What is the past tense of come under?
The past tense of come under is came under.

Words near come under in the dictionary

  1. come to think of it
  2. come to time
  3. come together
  4. come too
  5. come true
  6. come under
  7. come undone
  8. come unhinged
  9. come unstuck
  10. come up
  11. come up against

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come under (page history and authors); come under (Kannada 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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