Words / A1

KUM/kʌm/

To come is to move toward the speaker or toward a place we are talking about as “here.” Go is movement away. “Come here” vs “Go there” is the pair to lock in. Come also builds phrases: come in, come back, come from.

Meaning

To move towards the place where the speaker is.

Examples

• “Please come here.”
• “Please come in.”
• “They come from Peshawar.”

Good to know

come here / go there. come from + place.

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