come_in | ||
1. | [ verb ] be installed | |
Synonyms: | enter go_into get_in move_into get_into go_in | |
Examples: | "These pieces go in here" |
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Related terms: | exit penetrate board intrude_on dock intrude re-enter pop_in turn_in file_in take_water walk_in call_at take_the_field enter_upon move_in entrance entrance | |
2. | [ verb ] to come or go into | |
Synonyms: | enter go_into get_in move_into go_in get_into | |
Examples: | : "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" |
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Related terms: | exit penetrate board intrude_on turn_in intrude dock pop_in re-enter take_the_field take_water file_in walk_in call_at enter_upon accede_to move_in | |
3. | [ verb ] be received, as of news on the radio or television | |
Synonyms: | come | |
Examples: | "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda" |
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Related terms: | arrive | |
4. | [ verb ] come into fashion; become fashionable | |
Related terms: | go_out change fashion | |
5. | [ verb ] to insert between other elements | |
Synonyms: | interject throw_in interpose inject put_in | |
Examples: | : "She interjected clever remarks." |
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Related terms: | interrupt interjection interposition | |
6. | [ verb ] take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal | |
Synonyms: | place come_out | |
Examples: | "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" |
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Related terms: | rank place | |
Similar spelling: |
come_on Cowman commune common come-on come_home |