come about

verb

came about; come about; coming about; comes about

intransitive verb

1

: happen

2

: to change direction

the wind has come about into the north

3

: to shift to a new tack

Synonyms of come about

• happen
• be
• come down
• come
• occur

Examples of come about in a Sentence

how did all this come about?

Recent Examples on the Web

The exhibition comes about two years after Brown began fully embracing her identity as a trans woman. — Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026

The pickup comes about six weeks after Nemesis premiered; the show spent its first five weeks in the streamer’s worldwide top 10 for English-language series. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

The crash came about after a skydiving plane crashed on June 14 in Butler, Missouri, killing the pilot and 11 skydivers, officials said. — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 June 2026

By decade’s end, however, the idea of continuing the Evil Dead franchise after Army of Darkness was in limbo until the idea of reimaging the original Evil Dead movie came about. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for come about

• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout
• dugout

Kids Definition

come about

verb

1

: happen sense 2

2

: to change direction

the wind has come about into the north