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English verb: come up | |||
| 1. | come up (creation) bring forth, usually something desirable | ||
| Samples | The committee came up with some interesting recommendations. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring forth, generate | ||
| 2. | come up (change) result or issue | ||
| Samples | A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion. | ||
| Synonyms | arise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | come up, condense, open, open up | ||
| 3. | come up (motion) move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody | ||
| Samples | He came singing down the road. Come with me to the Casbah. Come down here!. Come out of the closet!. Come into the room. | ||
| Examples | The children come up to the playground | ||
| Synonyms | come | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accost, address, approach, approach, come near, come near, come on, come up to, draw close, draw near, emanate, go up, near | ||
| Antonyms | depart, go away, go | ||
| 4. | come up (motion) come to the surface | ||
| Synonyms | rise, rise up, surface | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ascend, go up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bubble up, emerge, intumesce, resurface, swell, well | ||
| 5. | come up (stative) originate or come into being | ||
| Samples | A question arose. | ||
| Synonyms | arise, bob up | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become | ||
| 6. | come up (motion) move upward | ||
| Samples | The fog lifted. The smoke arose from the forest fire. The mist uprose from the meadows. | ||
| Synonyms | arise, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ascend, bubble, chandelle, climb, climb up, come up, go up, go up, mount, rise, rocket, scend, skyrocket, soar, soar up, soar upwards, steam, surge, surge, uplift, uprise, zoom | ||
| Antonyms | come down, descend, go down, fall | ||
| 7. | come up (stative) be mentioned | ||
| Samples | These names came up in the discussion. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arise, come up | ||
| 8. | come up (contact) start running, functioning, or operating | ||
| Samples | The lights went on. The computer came up. | ||
| Synonyms | come on, go on | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | get going, go, start | ||
| Antonyms | go off | ||
| 9. | come up (possession) get something or somebody for a specific purpose | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | find, get hold, line up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| 10. | come up (motion) come up, of celestial bodies | ||
| Samples | The sun also rises. The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled.... Jupiter ascends. | ||
| Examples | The moon will soon come up | ||
| Synonyms | ascend, rise, uprise | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise | ||
| Domain category | astronomy, uranology | ||
| Antonyms | go under, go down, set | ||
| 11. | come up (contact) gather (money or other resources) together over time | ||
| Samples | She had scraped together enough money for college. They scratched a meager living. | ||
| Synonyms | scrape, scrape up, scratch | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nickel-and-dime | ||
| 12. | come up (contact) gather or bring together | ||
| Samples | Muster the courage to do something. She rallied her intellect. Summon all your courage. | ||
| Synonyms | muster, muster up, rally, summon | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | collect, garner, gather, pull together | ||
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