comes

verb

present tense third-person singular of come
1
as in approaches
to move closer to come here and sit by the fire

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Relevance

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

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

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

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

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Recent Examples of comes The local chapter voted to endorse Raman last month, and with that comes teams of eager doorknockers canvassing for her across the city. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026 The collision comes months after Independence police tightened restrictions on high-speed pursuits after years of scrutiny over the department's driving practices. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Kim’s visit comes months after Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Pyongyang in June for a meeting with Kim. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Apple's backlit Magic Keyboard comes standard on all MacBooks and uses a lattice/chiclet layout. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 The pressure on customer-service staff comes amid reports of rising workloads across the industry. — Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Sympathy comes later, unleashed in 18th-century thought through Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759). — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The predominantly beige canvas comes spring loaded with pops of color, notably a sunset orange shade. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026 This emergent growth dynamic comes with important implications. — Justin Worland, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comes
  1. approaches
  2. arrives
  3. becomes
  4. happens
  5. progresses
  6. enters
  7. appears
  8. grows
Verb
  • Surrounded by members of the media and well-wishers, British adventurer Karl Bushby (L) approaches his mother's house after completing the final portion of his journey in his home city of Hull, northeastern England.
    — Ramy Inocencio, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Joby’s flights come as the company approaches the final stages of the FAA’s type certification process for its S4 aircraft.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of approaches
Verb
  • Nevertheless, his debut album, Awesome, arrives to you now via none other than Warner.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
  • With the highway typically closing for the winter in December, there’s still time to experience this remarkable stretch of road before the snow arrives.
    — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrives
Verb
  • By tonight, another person becomes more central to the story.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Tones shimmer at a distance until a pulse emerges and becomes the song’s main idea.
    — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of becomes
Verb
  • But what happens when the season shifts, when the cloying good cheer of—groan—the holiday season comes with its candy stripes and jingle bells and partridges in pear trees?
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Instead, energy production happens at the cellular level exactly where it’s needed, which is part of the reason why the body is so energy efficient.
    — Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of happens
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  • Architectural plans, programming and development milestones for the center will be announced as the project progresses.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Carroll said the team also places a greater focus on recovery, nutrition and reducing physical demands as the season progresses.
    — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of progresses
Verb
  • Flight demonstration targeted for 2027 Frenzy 6 now enters another round of engine testing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Later tonight, the Moon enters your sign and your energy shifts.
    — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of enters
Verb
  • No record of Gutierrez’s arrest appears in an online database maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which oversees county jails, suggesting that he may have been booked in the LAPD’s detention facilities.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Maybe someone changes the terms, a cost shifts, or a new option appears.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of appears
Verb
  • High rates push some buyers out of the market and, as demand slows, the number of listings usually grows and prices soften, giving house hunters more power.
    — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The risk grows as applied AI shifts toward agentic systems—software designed to execute multi-step workflows autonomously—where small errors compound at every stage.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of grows

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“Comes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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