2 PHRASAL VERB If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect you. [LITERARY ] □ [V P n] A sense of impending doom came upon all of us.
▸ come up to PHRASAL VERB [usu cont] To be coming up to a time or state means to be getting near to it. □ [V P P n] It's just coming up to ten minutes past eleven now.
▸ come up with
1 PHRASAL VERB If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it. □ [V P P n] Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you come up with a sum of money, you manage to produce it when it is needed. □ [V P P n] If Warren can come up with the $15 million, we'll go to London. SYNONYMS come VERB 1
arrive: Fresh groups of guests arrived.
appear: A woman appeared at the far end of the street.
reach: He did not stop until he reached the door.
turn up: Richard had turned up on Christmas Eve with Tony. USAGE come from
Don’t use a progressive form in sentences like these. Don’t say, for example, ‘
come|back (comebacks )
1 N‑COUNT If someone such as an entertainer or sports personality makes a comeback , they return to their profession or sport after a period away. □ A British bullfighter is making a comeback at the age of 67.
2 N‑COUNT If something makes a comeback , it becomes fashionable again. □ Tight-fitting T-shirts are making a comeback.
3 N‑UNCOUNT If you have no comeback when someone has done something wrong to you, there is nothing you can do to have them punished or held responsible.
co|median /kəmiː diən/ (comedians ) N‑COUNT A comedian is an entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
co|medic /kəmiː d I k/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] Comedic means relating to comedy. [FORMAL ] □ …a festival of comedic talent from around the world.
co|medi|enne /kəmiː die n/ (comediennes ) N‑COUNT A comedienne is a female entertainer whose job is to make people laugh, by telling jokes or funny stories.
come|down /kʌ mdaʊn/ in BRIT, also use come-down N‑SING If you say that something is a comedown , you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had. □ The prospect of relegation is a comedown for a club that finished second two seasons ago.
com|edy ◆◇◇ /kɒ mədi/ (comedies )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Comedy consists of types of entertainment, such as plays and films, or particular scenes in them, that are intended to make people laugh. □ He dropped out of university in Manchester to pursue a career in comedy. □ …a TV comedy series.
2 N‑COUNT A comedy is a play, film, or television programme that is intended to make people laugh.
3 N‑UNCOUNT The comedy of a situation involves those aspects of it that make you laugh. □ [+ in ] Jackie sees the comedy in her millionaire husband's thrifty habits.
4 → see also situation comedy COLLOCATIONS comedy NOUN
1
adjective + comedy : alternative, black, light; musical, physical, stand-up
2
noun + comedy : cult, hit
adjective + comedy : gentle, romantic, satirical, witty
come|ly /kʌ mli/ (comelier , comeliest ) ADJ [usu ADJ n] A comely woman is attractive. [OLD-FASHIONED ]
co me-on (come-ons ) N‑COUNT A come-on is a gesture or remark which someone makes in order to encourage another person to make sexual advances to them. [INFORMAL ] □ [+ from ] He ignores come-ons from the many women who seem to find him attractive.
com|er /kʌmə r / (comers )
1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] You can use comers to refer to people who arrive at a particular place. □ I arrived at the church at two-thirty p.m. to find some early comers outside the main door. □ The first comer was the Sultan himself.
2 → see also all-comers , latecomer , newcomer
com|et /kɒ m I t/ (comets ) N‑COUNT A comet is a bright object with a long tail that travels around the sun. □ Halley's Comet is going to come back in 2061.
come|up|pance /kʌ mʌ pəns/ also come-uppance N‑SING [usu poss N ] If you say that someone has got their comeuppance , you approve of the fact that they have been punished or have suffered for something wrong that they have done. [INFORMAL , APPROVAL ] □ The central character is a bad man who shoots people and gets his comeuppance.
com|fort ◆◇◇ /kʌ mfə r t/ (comforts , comforting , comforted )
1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft in/for N ] If you are doing something in comfort , you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations. □ This will enable the audience to sit in comfort while watching the shows. □ The shoe has padding around the collar, heel and tongue for added comfort.
2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft in N ] Comfort is a style of life in which you have enough money to have everything you need. □ Thanks to the success of her books, she lives in comfort.
3 N‑UNCOUNT Comfort is what you feel when worries or unhappiness stop. □ [+ to ] He welcomed the truce, but pointed out it was of little comfort to families spending Christmas without a loved one. □ He will be able to take some comfort from inflation figures due on Friday. □ He found comfort in Eva's blind faith in him.