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| 1. | [ verb ] bring forth, usually something desirable | |
| Examples: | "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations" |
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| Related terms: | generate | |
| 2. | [ verb ] occur | |
| Synonyms: | arise | |
| Examples: | "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" |
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| Related terms: | anticipate happen open condense | |
| 3. | [ verb ] move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody | |
| Synonyms: | come | |
| Examples: | "He came singing down the road" "Come with me to the Casbah" "come down here!" "come out of the closet!" "come into the room" |
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| Related terms: | go travel approach approach address emanate succeed attach_to survive surface rise come_in approach | |
| 4. | [ verb ] come to the surface | |
| Synonyms: | rise rise_up surface | |
| Related terms: | ascend well emerge bubble_up resurface surface lift surfacing | |
| 5. | [ verb ] originate or come into being | |
| Synonyms: | arise bob_up | |
| Examples: | "a question arose" |
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| Related terms: | become | |
| 6. | [ verb ] move upward | |
| Synonyms: | rise go_up move_up lift arise uprise | |
| Examples: | "The fog lifted" "The smoke arose from the forest fire" "The mist uprose from the meadows" |
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| Related terms: | descend travel climb soar go_up chandelle rise scend steam rocket uplift surface elevation rise | |
| 7. | [ verb ] start running, functioning, or operating | |
| Synonyms: | go_on come_on | |
| Examples: | "the lights went on" "the computer came up" |
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| Related terms: | go_off start | |
| 8. | [ verb ] be mentioned | |
| Examples: | "These names came up in the discussion" |
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| Related terms: | arise | |
| 9. | [ verb ] get something or somebody for a specific purpose | |
| Synonyms: | find line_up get_hold | |
| Examples: | "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener" "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing" "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter" |
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| Related terms: | get | |
| 10. | [ verb ] come up, of celestial bodies | |
| Synonyms: | rise uprise ascend | |
| Examples: | "The sun also rises": "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..." "Jupiter ascends" |
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| Related terms: | set rise astronomy | |
| 11. | [ verb ] gather together over time; as of money or other resources | |
| Synonyms: | scrape_up scrape | |
| Examples: | "She had scraped together enough money for college" |
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| Related terms: | collect accumulate nickel-and-dime | |
| 12. | [ verb ] gather or bring together | |
| Synonyms: | muster rally muster_up summon | |
| Examples: | "muster the courage to do something" "she rallied her intellect" "Summon all your courage" |
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| Related terms: | gather rally | |
| Similar spelling: |
Coombe commove come_by come_off |
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