come+near

  • 21come — v. & n. v.intr. (past came; past part. come) 1 move, be brought towards, or reach a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker or hearer (come and see me; shall we come to your house?; the books have come). 2 reach or be brought to a… …

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  • 22near — [[t]nɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦ nearer, nearest, nears, nearing, neared 1) PREP If something is near a place, thing, or person, it is a short distance from them. Don t come near me... Her children went back every year to stay in a farmhouse near the cottage …

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  • 23come — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, accost, achieve, achieve satisfaction, acquire, add up, add up to, advance, affect, aggregate, amount to, anticipate, appear, approach, appropinquate, approximate, arise, arrive, arrive at, arrive in,… …

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  • 24come on — verb 1. appear or become visible; make a showing (Freq. 9) She turned up at the funeral I hope the list key is going to surface again • Syn: ↑come out, ↑turn up, ↑surface, ↑show up …

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  • 25come up — verb 1. bring forth, usually something desirable (Freq. 9) The committee came up with some interesting recommendations • Hypernyms: ↑generate, ↑bring forth • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. result or issue …

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  • 26come on — Synonyms and related words: accost, achieve success, advance, alight upon, allurement, ameliorate, amend, anticipate, appear, approach, appropinquate, approximate, arise, arrive, await, bait, baited trap, be a success, be destined, be fated, be… …

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  • 27come forward — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, appear, approach, appropinquate, approximate, arise, attract attention, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, become manifest, become visible, close, close in, close with, come, come closer, come… …

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  • 28near — nearness, n. /near/, adv., nearer, nearest, adj., nearer, nearest, prep., v. adv. 1. close; to a point or place not far away: Come near so I won t have to shout. 2. at …

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  • 29near — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not distant in space] Syn. nigh, adjacent, adjoining, proximal, neighboring, not remote, close at hand, proximate, contiguous, handy, near by, hard by, next door to, at close quarters, beside, side by side, in close… …

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  • 30come up — intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. rise 6 2. to come near ; make an approach < came up and introduced himself > 3. to rise in rank or status < an officer who came up from the ranks > 4 …

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