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came

verb

Definition of camenext
past tense of come
1
as in approached
to move closer to come here and sit by the fire

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Relevance

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2
as in arrived
to get to a destination when do you think they'll come?

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3
as in became
to eventually have as a state or quality your dreams can come true

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4
as in happened
to take place whatever may come we'll always be together

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5
as in progressed
to move forward along a course how is the remodeling job coming?

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of came That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade. — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025 All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday. — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025 The character’s defiance, her desire to break free, came more naturally to Lower than the role of Helly’s outie, the privileged Lumon scion Helena Eagan, who takes on more prominence in season two. — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025 The best moments of the night came when the polished Hollywood glamour of, say, Jamie Lee Curtis, brushed up against the anarchic comedy of the 2016 Brooklyn alt-comedy scene. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025 As a role player with the Connecticut Sun, Minnesota Lynx and now the Chicago Sky, each season always came with a new set of responsibilities. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025 Vietnamese immigrants came for food and stayed for the community. — Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025 But what truly startled me was what came next. — David Cavell, Time, 6 Aug. 2025 Wolfhard’s anxiety came acutely — and early. — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for came
  1. approached
  2. arrived
  3. became
  4. happened
  5. progressed
  6. entered
  7. appeared
  8. went
Verb
  • As the Houthis approached the Red Sea, the area was defended by several armed formations that were nominally controlled by the Saudis.
    — Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The Ryan Field designers approached the project with a certain sophistication.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of approached
Verb
  • Melton fled the scene before deputies arrived and was found a short time later at Pamela Way and Jeanette Cove in Alexander, the report says.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Those who arrived in the 1900s had very different cultural, political, and religious backgrounds from the older Texas Jews.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of arrived
Verb
  • After getting the part, Syd then became the inspiration behind his onscreen chemistry with Pigeon’s Bessette.
    — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Nolo became a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday and was expected to strengthen while turning toward Hawaii's Big Island, the National Hurricane Center said.
    — MEGAN JANETSKY, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of became
Verb
  • What happened in Clancy’s case appears to be similar, assuming the other jurors’ account — and not the holdout’s — is accurate.
    — Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Take what happened during the Covid-19 pandemic— the Fed, then led by Jerome Powell, was concerned that the pandemic would lead to massive layoffs.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of happened
Verb
  • According to witnesses and emergency dispatch audio, the parents, Nate Geminiano and Karollyn Zepeda, were caught in a backup while trying to get to the hospital when labor progressed faster than expected.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Mahomes also went right, progressed through his reads and found Royals in the back of the end zone.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of progressed
Verb
  • The men entered the home with guns, found no drugs and fatally shot the three residents, who lived just across the street from Norman, the records show.
    — MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Ruby has entered a world in which every object is also an exam.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of entered
Verb
  • The 16-year-old girl who was steering the bicycle — which appeared to be a Citi Bike in footage shared by ABC7 Eyewitness News — sustained injuries to her leg and was hospitalized, per the NYPD.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Until the Houthis’ intervention, the oil situation had appeared just about manageable, thanks to Red Sea exports and the US shepherding vessels through Hormuz; oil shipments there are now at roughly a third of pre-war levels.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of appeared
Verb
  • Catcher Caden Bodine had plenty of reasons to be excited about how his first season in the Rays organization went, following a December trade from Baltimore.
    — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The Demon Deacons went 42 yards on eight plays, converting a fourth down in the process, to get to the Miami 22-yard line.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of went

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“Came.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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