come down in English dictionary

  • come down

    Meanings and definitions of "come down"

    • (Should we delete (+) this sense?) To descend, fall.
    • Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not. - 1611 , King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version) , Genesis 45:9
    • (Should we delete (+) this sense?) To visit, to travel in order to meet.
    • To decrease.
    • To reach a decision.
    • To be passed through time.
    • (idiomatic) To return to a normal state of consciousness.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To descend, fall down, collapse.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To be demolished.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To decrease.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To reach a decision.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To be passed through time.
    • verb
      (intransitive, idiomatic)
      To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion.
    • verb
      (intransitive, Britain)
      To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
    • To go from a higher to a lower place.
    • come down (fever)
    • descend (e.g. a mountain)
    • verb
      be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
    • verb
      criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"
    • verb
      fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
    • verb
      get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
    • verb
      move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

    Synonyms of "come down" in English dictionary

    go down, reduce, become are the top synonyms of "come down" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "come down" in English dictionary

    rise, ascend are the top antonyms of "come down" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of come down

    • to come down
    • to come down (third-person singular simple present comes down, present participle coming down, simple past came down, past participle come down)
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