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come about

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  • verb To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen.
  • verb nautical To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.

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  • verb come to pass

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synonyms (136)

Words with the same meaning

  1. about ship
  2. alter
  3. ameliorate
  4. attain fulfillment
  5. attend
  6. back and fill
  7. be changed
  8. be converted into
  9. be found
  10. be met with
  11. be realized
  12. be renewed
  13. bear away
  14. bear off
  15. bear to starboard
  16. beat
  17. beat about
  18. become of
  19. befall
  20. betide
  21. bottom out
  22. box off
  23. break
  24. bring about
  25. bring round
  26. cant
  27. cant round
  28. cast
  29. cast about
  30. change
  31. change course
  32. change the heading
  33. checker
  34. chop
  35. chop and change
  36. come
  37. come around
  38. come down
  39. come of
  40. come off
  41. come out
  42. come round
  43. come to pass
  44. come true
  45. degenerate
  46. deteriorate
  47. develop
  48. deviate
  49. diverge
  50. diversify
  51. double a point
  52. end
  53. ensue
  54. eventuate
  55. fall
  56. fall out
  57. fare
  58. fetch about
  59. flop
  60. follow
  61. gain strength
  62. go about
  63. go off
  64. gybe
  65. hap
  66. happen
  67. haul around
  68. heave round
  69. heel
  70. improve
  71. issue
  72. jibe
  73. jibe all standing
  74. meliorate
  75. miss stays
  76. mitigate
  77. modulate
  78. mutate
  79. occur
  80. pan out
  81. pass
  82. pass off
  83. pivot
  84. pivot about
  85. ply
  86. prove
  87. prove to be
  88. put about
  89. put back
  90. rally
  91. recover
  92. recuperate
  93. result
  94. revive
  95. round
  96. round a point
  97. sheer
  98. shift
  99. slew
  100. spin
  101. swerve
  102. swing
  103. swing round
  104. swing the stern
  105. swivel
  106. tack
  107. take a turn
  108. take place
  109. terminate
  110. throw about
  111. transpire
  112. turn
  113. turn about
  114. turn around
  115. turn aside
  116. turn back
  117. turn into
  118. turn out
  119. turn round
  120. turn tail
  121. turn the corner
  122. undergo a change
  123. unfold
  124. vary
  125. veer
  126. veer around
  127. warp
  128. wear
  129. wear ship
  130. wheel
  131. wheel about
  132. whirl
  133. wind
  134. work out
  135. worsen
  136. yaw

hyponyms (42)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. anticipate
  2. arise
  3. backfire
  4. backlash
  5. bechance
  6. befall
  7. betide
  8. break
  9. chance
  10. coincide
  11. come
  12. come around
  13. come off
  14. come up
  15. concur
  16. contemporise
  17. contemporize
  18. develop
  19. fall
  20. give
  21. go
  22. go off
  23. go over
  24. happen
  25. intervene
  26. materialise
  27. materialize
  28. operate
  29. proceed
  30. recoil
  31. recrudesce
  32. recur
  33. repeat
  34. result
  35. roll around
  36. shine
  37. strike
  38. supervene
  39. synchronise
  40. synchronize
  41. transpire
  42. turn-out

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