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comes to be

comes to be is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come to be.

Meaning of come to be

Verb

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

  1. To come about; to come into being
    • All naturally occurring dialects of any language have strong communicative value: That’s how they came to be.2025, Edward A. F. Gibson, “Preliminaries: Components of Language Structure” (chapter 2), in Syntax: A Cognitive Approach, MIT Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 23

Questions about comes to be

What is comes to be the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Comes to be is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come to be.

Words near comes to be in the dictionary

  1. comes to a sticky end
  2. comes to a stop
  3. comes to an end
  4. comes to anchor
  5. comes to bat
  6. comes to be
  7. comes to bed
  8. comes to blows
  9. comes to fruition
  10. comes to grief
  11. comes to grips with

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