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- verb To
come to pass ; todevelop ; tooccur ; totake place ; tohappen . - verb nautical To
tack ; to change tack; tomaneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind aftertacking . See alsocome to .
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- verb come to pass
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synonyms (136)
Words with the same meaning
- 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 of
- befall
- betide
- bottom out
- box off
- break
- bring about
- bring round
- cant
- cant round
- cast
- cast about
- change
- change course
- change the heading
- checker
- chop
- chop and change
- come
- come around
- come down
- come of
- come off
- come out
- come round
- come to pass
- come true
- degenerate
- deteriorate
- develop
- deviate
- diverge
- diversify
- double a point
- end
- ensue
- eventuate
- fall
- fall out
- fare
- fetch about
- flop
- follow
- gain strength
- go about
- go off
- gybe
- hap
- happen
- haul around
- heave round
- heel
- improve
- issue
- jibe
- jibe all standing
- meliorate
- miss stays
- mitigate
- modulate
- mutate
- occur
- pan out
- pass
- pass off
- pivot
- pivot about
- ply
- prove
- prove to be
- put about
- put back
- rally
- recover
- recuperate
- result
- revive
- round
- round a point
- sheer
- shift
- slew
- spin
- swerve
- swing
- swing round
- swing the stern
- swivel
- tack
- take a turn
- take place
- terminate
- throw about
- transpire
- turn
- turn about
- turn around
- turn aside
- turn back
- turn into
- turn out
- turn round
- turn tail
- turn the corner
- undergo a change
- unfold
- vary
- veer
- veer around
- warp
- wear
- wear ship
- wheel
- wheel about
- whirl
- wind
- work out
- worsen
- yaw
hyponyms (42)
Words more specific or concrete
- anticipate
- arise
- backfire
- backlash
- bechance
- befall
- betide
- break
- chance
- coincide
- come
- come around
- come off
- come up
- concur
- contemporise
- contemporize
- develop
- fall
- give
- go
- go off
- go over
- happen
- intervene
- materialise
- materialize
- operate
- proceed
- recoil
- recrudesce
- recur
- repeat
- result
- roll around
- shine
- strike
- supervene
- synchronise
- synchronize
- transpire
- turn-out
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