coming to

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
   • She came to with the aid of smelling salts.

   Synonyms:

   come to one's senses, come back to one's senses, come to oneself, come round, come around, revive

2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
   • The flood had made, the wind was nearly calm, and being bound down the river, the only thing for it was to come to and wait for the turn of the tide.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I
3. (transitive) To total; to amount to.
   • so how much does that come to?; the bill comes to £10 each
4. (transitive) To reach; to arrive at.
   • come to an end; come to a conclusion; come to an agreement; come to a halt
5. (transitive) To seek help from.
   • You can always come to me when you're feeling sad.
6. (transitive) To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
   • I'll come to your question in a minute.

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