come to

/kəm tu/

/kəm tu/

Other forms: came to; coming to; comes to

Definitions of come to

1. verb

   cause to experience suddenly
   “A thought came to me”

   synonyms: hit, strike

   affect, impress, move, strike

   have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
2. verb

   return to consciousness
   “The patient came to quickly”

   synonyms: resuscitate, revive

   animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify

   give new life or energy to

   resuscitate, revive

   cause to regain consciousness

   type of:

   change state, turn

   undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
3. verb

   be relevant to
   synonyms: bear on, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on

   advert, allude, touch

   make a more or less disguised reference to

   types:

   center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around

   center upon

   apply, go for, hold

   be pertinent or relevant or applicable

   affect, involve, regard

   connect closely and often incriminatingly

   interest, matter to

   be of importance or consequence to

   implicate

   bring into intimate and incriminating connection

   fascinate, intrigue

   cause to be interested or curious
4. verb

   attain
   synonyms: strike

   type of:

   accomplish, achieve, attain, reach

   gain with effort