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Come to meaning

Come to is a phrasal verb that means to recover consciousness after fainting, an accident, or anaesthesia.

Past simple
came to
Past participle
come to
-ing form
coming to

What come to means

B2

To recover consciousness after fainting, an accident, or anaesthesia

He came to a few minutes after the fall.

Similar phrasal verbs

With come: come from, come in, come round, come back, come out, come down, come up, come along, come away, come before.

With to: refer to, amount to, put something to someone, set to, beat someone to it, get to, go to, keep to, report to, see to.

Common questions

What does come to mean?

To recover consciousness after fainting, an accident, or anaesthesia.

What is the past tense of come to?

Came to. The past participle is come to.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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