upcome

upcome verb: to ascend, rise; grow up; come up.

Verb

upcome (third-person singular simple present upcomes, present participle upcoming, simple past upcame, past participle upcome)

(dialectal, obsolete, rare) To ascend, rise; grow up; come up.

Noun

upcome (plural upcomes)

(dialectal, rare) An ascent, climb; a way up.
(Scotland, dialectal) An outward appearance, especially pertaining to the future; a promising aspect or outlook.
(Scotland, dialectal) A comment, saying, expression.
(Scotland, dialectal) The final or decisive point; result, outcome.
(Scotland, dialectal) One's upbringing, development from childhood to adulthood.

Forms of upcome

Verb
third-person singular present	upcomes
present participle	upcoming
past	upcame
past participle	upcome
Noun
plural	upcomes

Origin of upcome

From Middle English upcomen, from Old English ūpcuman (“to come up, arise”), from Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”), *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to up- + come. Cognate with West Frisian opkomme (“to arise, stand up”), Dutch opkomen (“to come up, ascend, occur”), German aufkommen (“to come up, arise, emerge”), Danish opkomme (“to arise, meet”), Icelandic uppkoma (“an outbreak, appearance, arising”).

Words formed from upcome

Questions about upcome

What does upcome mean?: Upcome means to ascend, rise; grow up; come up.
What part of speech is upcome?: Upcome can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of upcome?: The past tense of upcome is upcame.

Words near upcome in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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