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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 | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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