COME IN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • take a place in a competition
    • often followed by an ordinal
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Jerry came in third in the Marathon
    Hypernyms(s) come in is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • to insert between other elements
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • She interjected clever remarks
    Hypernyms(s) come in is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • be received
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • News came in of the massacre in Rwanda
    Hypernyms(s) come in is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • to come or go into
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
    Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) See Also Derived(s)
  5. Meaning
    • come into fashion
    • become fashionable
    Hypernyms(s) come in is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s)