CAME ROUND Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

came round

verb

past tense of come round

as in came to

to gain consciousness again the medic waved smelling salts under his nose until he came round

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as in agreed

to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal) she's cool to the idea right now, but sooner or later she'll come round

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Emilee Chinn / Getty Images The aging core The once-youthful core that came to define two straight World Cup cycles will soon age into its 30s.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
This musical era came to a violent end under the Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s, which shuttered entertainment venues and killed nine in ten of the country’s professional musicians.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 15 Sep. 2026

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Hynde sat with filmmaker Joss Crowley for conversations over a three-year period, and only agreed to go before the camera for the last one.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026
At their May meeting in Beijing, the two discussed AI guardrails but produced limited results, and last week the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said the two leaders had agreed to set up an intergovernmental dialogue on AI.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of agreed

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And then another concession came late Sunday, when Republicans said Trump consented to a tougher ethics proposal that several key senators had demanded.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Maro said Havas consented to a search of his cellphone, which investigators are continuing to examine.

— Bryce Buyakie, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

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