come+about
11come about — intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. happen 2. to change direction < the wind has come about into the north > 3. to shift to a new tack …
12come about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, alter, ameliorate, attain fulfillment, attend, back and fill, be changed, be converted into, be found, be met with, be realized, be renewed, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, become… …
13come about — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. happen, occur, take place, result; see happen 1 , 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To take place: befall, betide, come, come off, develop, hap, happen, occur, pass, transpire. Idiom: come to pass. See HAPPEN …
14come about — the change came about in 1989 Syn: happen, occur, take place, transpire, fall; crop up, materialize, arise, arrive, appear, surface; ensue, follow; literary come to pass, befall …
15come about — Happen, come to pass. See come …
16come about — 1》 take place. 2》 (of a ship) change direction. → come …
17come about (that … ) — ˌcome aˈbout (that…) derived to happen • Can you tell me how the accident came about? Main entry: ↑comederived …
18To come about — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …
19To come about — About A*bout , adv. 1. On all sides; around. [1913 Webster] Tis time to look about. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [1913 Webster] 3. Here… …
20come about — happen, occur …