Come Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 3
Come to the surface.
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 4
Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 5
Be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 6
Gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 7
Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 8
Originate or come into being; "a question arose".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 9
Result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 10
Bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee came up with some interesting recommendations".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 11
Get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent letter".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 12
Come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The full moon will come up over the horizon in about 30 minutes of delayed time.
- The bright star will come up in the eastern sky just after sunset tomorrow.
- By next week the constellation will come up higher in the evening sky.
- Although due to dense clouds, no sunrise was visible as it began to come up.
- Jupiter will come up in the east around 10 PM tonight for the keen stargazers.