English verb: come on | |||
1. | come on (change) appear or become visible; make a showing | ||
Samples | She turned up at the funeral. I hope the list key is going to surface again. | ||
Synonyms | come out, show up, surface, turn up | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | appear | ||
2. | come on (motion) move towards | ||
Samples | We were approaching our destination. They are drawing near. The enemy army came nearer and nearer. | ||
Synonyms | approach, come near, draw close, draw near, go up, near | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | come, come up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bear down on, bear down upon, close, crowd, drive up, edge in, edge up, push | ||
Entail | advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress | ||
Verb group | approach, come near | ||
3. | come on (change) develop in a positive way | ||
Samples | He progressed well in school. My plants are coming along. Plans are shaping up. | ||
Synonyms | advance, come along, get along, get on, progress, shape up | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | develop | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | climb, leapfrog | ||
Antonyms | retrogress, regress, retrograde | ||
4. | come on (contact) start running, functioning, or operating | ||
Samples | The lights went on. The computer came up. | ||
Synonyms | come up, go on | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | get going, go, start | ||
Antonyms | go off | ||
5. | come on (change) occur or become available | ||
Samples | Water or electricity came on again after the earthquake. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out | ||