come in

Meanings

1. To enter.
2. To arrive.
3. To become relevant, applicable, or useful.
4. To become available.
5. To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well.
6. To join or enter; to begin playing with a group.
7. To enter a plan or group; to join in.
8. To surrender; to turn oneself in.
9. To yield or surrender.
10. To begin transmitting.
11. To function in the indicated manner.
12. To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like.

Etymology

From Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming.

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