come

Pronunciation: [kʌm]

Average Rank: 221

Source: ECDICT

vi. 过来, 来, 到达, 出现, 开始 interj. 喂

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
v. come to pass; arrive, as in due course
v. reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
v. to be the product or result

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk ielts

Past: came

Present Participle: coming

3rd Person: comes

Past Participle: come

0: come

1: d

Word Frequency Rankings

#485

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.2% (Top 95.2% most frequent)

95.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#67

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)

99.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#110

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.9% (Top 98.9% most frequent)

98.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.