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Expression of encouragement or mild reproach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Come along, dear, there's no point crying over it.
- Come along, Jane. Please finish your homework.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Nonstandard spelling of come-along.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To accompany.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- I'd like you to come along with me to the opera.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: come with
Antonyms: none provided
To arise, appear (make an appearance), come into being.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- When the telephone first came along, it was mostly just for businesses and rich people, but eventually almost everyone got one.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To progress; to make progress; to quicken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: develop, rock along
Antonyms: none provided
develop in a positive way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He progressed well in school
- My plants are coming along
- Plans are shaping up
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: progress, come on, advance, get on, get along, shape up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: develop
Narrower terms: climb, leapfrog
come into being or existence, or appear on the scene
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Then the computer came along and changed our lives
- Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: appear
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: gleam, fulminate, occur
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
好了
(hǎole)
— expression of mild reproach
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Danish:
kom
— expression of mild reproach
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Danish:
kom så
— expression of mild reproach
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Finnish:
rauhoitu
— expression of mild reproach
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Italian:
forza
— expression of mild reproach
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Italian:
dài
— expression of mild reproach
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Russian:
дава́й
(daváj)
— expression of mild reproach
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Chinese Cantonese:
陪
(pui4)
— accompany
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Chinese Mandarin:
陪伴
(péibàn)
— accompany
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Chinese Mandarin:
陪同
(péitóng)
— accompany
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Danish:
komme med
— accompany
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Finnish:
tulla mukaan
— accompany
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French:
accompagner
— accompany
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French:
venir
— accompany
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German:
mitgehen
— accompany
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Hindi:
साथ चलना
(sāth calnā)
— accompany
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Hindi:
साथ आना
(sāth ānā)
— accompany
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Hindi:
संग चलना
(saṅg calnā)
— accompany
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Hindi:
संग आना
(saṅg ānā)
— accompany
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Hungarian:
jön vele
— accompany
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Russian:
сопровожда́ть
(soprovoždátʹ)
— accompany
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Russian:
составля́ть компа́нию
(sostavljátʹ kompániju)
— accompany
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Swedish:
följa med
— accompany
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Swedish:
hänga på
— accompany
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Chinese Mandarin:
進展 /进展
(jìnzhǎn)
— make progress
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Danish:
gå frem
— make progress
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Danish:
gå fremad
— make progress
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Danish:
skride frem
— make progress
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Danish:
skride fremad
— make progress
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Finnish:
edistyä
— make progress
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Finnish:
edetä
— make progress
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French:
avancer
— make progress
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Hungarian:
alakul
— make progress
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Hungarian:
halad
— make progress
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Polish:
iść
— make progress
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Polish:
pójść
— make progress
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Russian:
получа́ться
(polučátʹsja)
— make progress
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Russian:
получи́ться
(polučítʹsja)
— make progress
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Spanish:
avanzar
— make progress
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Spanish:
marchar
— make progress
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Spanish:
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— make progress
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Spanish:
progresar
— make progress
