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English verb: come in | |||
| 1. | come in (motion) to come or go into | ||
| Samples | The boat entered an area of shallow marshes. | ||
| Synonyms | enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | board, call at, dock, encroach upon, file in, get on, intrude, intrude on, invade, irrupt, obtrude upon, out in, penetrate, perforate, pop in, re-enter, take the field, take water, turn in, walk in | ||
| Antonyms | exit, get out, go out, leave | ||
| 2. | come in (motion) be received | ||
| Samples | News came in of the massacre in Rwanda. | ||
| Synonyms | come | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrive, come, get | ||
| 3. | come in (stative) come into fashion; become fashionable | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Domain category | fashion | ||
| Antonyms | go out | ||
| 4. | come in (communication) to insert between other elements | ||
| Samples | She interjected clever remarks. | ||
| Synonyms | inject, interject, interpose, put in, throw in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt | ||
| 5. | come in (cognition) take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal | ||
| Samples | Jerry came in third in the Marathon. | ||
| Synonyms | come out, place | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s Adjective/Noun. Somebody ----s Adjective | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rank | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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