cometh
/ˈkʌm.əθ/
cometh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come.
Meaning of come
Verb
come (third-person singular simple present comes, present participle coming, simple past came or (dialectal) come, past participle come or (dialectal) came or comen)
- To move nearer to the point of perspective.
- She’ll be coming round the mountain when she comes the wrong way […]
- To move toward the speaker.
- I called the dog, but she wouldn't come.
- To move toward the listener.
- Hold on, I'll come in a second.
- To move toward the object that is the focus of the sentence.
- No-one can find Bertie Wooster when his aunts come to visit.
- To move toward the agent or subject of the main clause.
- King Cnut couldn't stop the tide coming.
- To move toward an unstated agent.
- The butler should come when called.
Forms of cometh
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Origin of cometh
From Middle English cometh, cumeþ, comth, cumþ, kimeð, from Old English cymþ, cymeþ, from Proto-Germanic *kwimidi, third person singular indicative of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -eth. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kumt, West Frisian komt, Dutch komt, German Low German kummt, German kommt.
Phrases with cometh
Questions about cometh
- What is cometh the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Cometh is the third-person singular simple present indicative of come.
- How do you pronounce cometh?
- Cometh is pronounced /ˈkʌm.əθ/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cometh (page history and authors); come (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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