name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
comer
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˈkoʊmɚ/
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rhymes with -oʊmə(ɹ)
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US: /ˈkʌmɚ/
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rhymes with -ʌmə(ɹ)
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homophone: cummer
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
One in a race who is catching up to others and shows promise of winning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
An ambitious person; one who is catching up in some contest and has a likelihood of victory;
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 5
One who arrives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The champ will face all comers.
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noun
Meaning 6
someone who arrives (or has arrived)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: arrival, arriver
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: traveler, traveller
Narrower terms: early bird, latecomer, newcomer
noun
Meaning 7
someone with a promising future
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rival, challenger, competitor, competition, contender
History
Etymology
From Middle English comere, equivalent to come + -er.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: подаю́щий наде́жды (podajúščij nadéždy) — in a race
- Spanish: puntero — in a race
- Spanish: delantero — in a race
- Spanish: puntera — in a race
- Spanish: delantera — in a race
- Russian: подаю́щий наде́жды (podajúščij nadéždy) — in some contest
- Spanish: puntero — in some contest
- Spanish: delantero — in some contest
- Spanish: puntera — in some contest
- Spanish: delantera — in some contest
- Bulgarian: пристигащ (pristigašt) — who arrives
- Russian: прише́дший (prišédšij) — who arrives
- Russian: прибы́вший (pribývšij) — who arrives
- Russian: прие́хавший (prijéxavšij) — who arrives
- Spanish: contendiente — who arrives
- Spanish: el que llega — who arrives
- Spanish: la que llega — who arrives
- Welsh: dyfodiad — who arrives