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  • verb intransitive, idiomatic To recover consciousness after fainting etc.
  • verb intransitive, idiomatic, nautical To stop a sailing vessel, especially by turning into the wind. See also come about.
  • verb transitive To total; to amount to.
  • verb transitive To reach; to arrive at.
  • verb transitive To devote attention to in due course; to come around to.
  • verb transitive To befall; to affect; to happen to; to come upon.
  • verb transitive, usually in present tense To regard or specify, as narrowing a field of choices by category.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb return to consciousness
  • verb be relevant to
  • verb attain
  • verb cause to experience suddenly

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synonyms (140)

Words with the same meaning

  1. accomplish
  2. achieve
  3. acquiesce
  4. add up to
  5. afford
  6. aggregate
  7. aggregate to
  8. amount to
  9. appear
  10. approach
  11. arrive
  12. arrive at
  13. arrive in
  14. assister
  15. attain
  16. attain to
  17. attend
  18. awake
  19. awaken
  20. balance
  21. be at
  22. be begotten
  23. be born
  24. be incarnated
  25. be persuaded
  26. be present at
  27. be received
  28. blow in
  29. bob up
  30. bounce back
  31. break even
  32. bring
  33. bring in
  34. carry to
  35. catch
  36. check in
  37. clock in
  38. come
  39. come alive
  40. come around
  41. come back
  42. come in
  43. come into being
  44. come into existence
  45. come over
  46. come round
  47. come to hand
  48. come to life
  49. come up smiling
  50. come up to
  51. comply
  52. comply with
  53. comprise
  54. contain
  55. correspond
  56. cost
  57. ditto
  58. do
  59. draw
  60. equal
  61. even
  62. even off
  63. extend to
  64. fall in with
  65. fetch
  66. fetch up at
  67. find
  68. gain
  69. get about
  70. get in
  71. get over
  72. get there
  73. get to
  74. get well
  75. go to
  76. hit
  77. hit town
  78. keep pace with
  79. knot
  80. lead to
  81. live again
  82. look on
  83. make
  84. make a comeback
  85. make it
  86. match
  87. match up with
  88. measure up to
  89. mount up to
  90. number
  91. parallel
  92. pop up
  93. pull in
  94. pull round
  95. pull through
  96. punch in
  97. quicken
  98. rally
  99. reach
  100. reach to
  101. reanimate
  102. reckon up to
  103. recover
  104. resurge
  105. resuscitate
  106. return to life
  107. revive
  108. ring in
  109. rise again
  110. rival
  111. roll in
  112. run abreast
  113. run into
  114. run to
  115. see
  116. see the light
  117. sell for
  118. set one back
  119. show up
  120. sign in
  121. sit in
  122. stack up with
  123. stretch away to
  124. stretch to
  125. submit
  126. survive
  127. take in
  128. tie
  129. time in
  130. tot up to
  131. total
  132. total up to
  133. tote up to
  134. touch
  135. turn up
  136. unitize
  137. visit
  138. watch
  139. weather the storm
  140. witness

hypernyms (6)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. accomplish
  2. achieve
  3. attain
  4. change state
  5. reach
  6. turn

hyponyms (14)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. affect
  2. apply
  3. center
  4. center on
  5. concentrate on
  6. focus on
  7. go for
  8. hold
  9. interest
  10. involve
  11. matter to
  12. regard
  13. revolve about
  14. revolve around

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