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come with

come with verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, with.

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, with.
    • Come with us and see the film!
    • My new computer came with a keyboard and mouse, but no speakers.
  2. (South Africa, informal, intransitive, Upper Midwestern US) To join and come along.
    • We’re going out to lunch. Do you want to come with?
  3. Synonym of come up with (“to manage to produce something by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it”).
    • He had to come with an idea to end bullying.
    Synonyms:
    come up with

Synonyms of come with

Forms of come with

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

Origin of come with

From a substrate of several Germanic immigrant languages that feature the same construction. Compare Dutch meekomen, German mitkommen, Norwegian komme med, Swedish komma med for the Midwest, and Afrikaans saamkom for South Africa. Compare regional French venir avec with the same substrate influence.

Questions about come with

What does come with mean?
Come with means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, with.
What part of speech is come with?
Come with is a verb.
What is the past tense of come with?
The past tense of come with is came with.

Words near come with in the dictionary

  1. come up with the rations
  2. come upon
  3. come upon the parish
  4. come upon the town
  5. come what may
  6. come with
  7. come with it
  8. come with the territory
  9. come with the turf
  10. come Yorkshire over
  11. come-all-ye

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