come on
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
appear or become visible; make a showing
She turned up at the funeral
Types & categories
- appear hypernym
Related & opposite
- open derivation
Sense 2 verb
move towards
We were approaching our destination
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- coming derivation
- approaching derivation
- reachable derivation
- advance entails
- come near verb group
Sense 3 verb
develop in a positive way
He progressed well in school
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- retrogress antonym
- progress derivation
- forward motion derivation
- improvement derivation
Sense 4 verb
start running, functioning, or operating
the lights went on
Types & categories
- get going hypernym
Related & opposite
- go off antonym
Sense 5 verb
occur or become available
water or electricity came on again after the earthquake
Types & categories
- start hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | open |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | appear |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coming |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | approaching |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reachable |
| 2 | entails | Related & opposite | advance |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | come near |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | come |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | drive up |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bear down on |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | edge in |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | close |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crowd |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | retrogress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | progress |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | forward motion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | improvement |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | develop |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | climb |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | leapfrog |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | go off |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | get going |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | start |