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comes to life

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

Meaning of come to life

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To become alive, to be given life; to be brought into existence.
    • We want to know exactly how the first cells came to life on earth.1999, Lee Smolin, New York Times, We All Came From Mars
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To appear as if alive.
    • The CGI-generated characters came to life through an incredible display of a cutting-edge 3D technology.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To start to become energetic.
    • It was only after Yakubu sliced another chance into the side netting, a bad miss by the former Everton striker, that Norwich came to life.2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport

Questions about comes to life

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

Words near comes to life in the dictionary

  1. comes to blows
  2. comes to fruition
  3. comes to grief
  4. comes to grips with
  5. comes to Jesus
  6. comes to life
  7. comes to light
  8. comes to mind
  9. comes to naught
  10. comes to nothing
  11. comes to nought

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