Synonyms for come to
come to

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1. come to

   To reach, in the sense here considered, is to come to by motion or progress. Attain is now oftenest used of abstract relations; as, to attain success. When applied to concrete matters, it commonly signifies the overcoming of hindrance and difficulty; as, the storm-beaten ship at length attained the harbor. Come is the general word for moving to or toward the place where the speaker or writer is or supposes himself to be. To reach is to come to from a distance that is actually or relatively considerable; to stretch the journey, so to speak, across the distance, as, in its original meaning, one reaches an object by stretching out the hand. To gain is to reach or attain something eagerly sought; the wearied swimmer reaches or gains the shore. One comes in from his garden; he reaches home from a journey. To arrive is to come to a destination, to reach a point intended or proposed. The European steamer arrives in port, or reaches the harbor; the dismantled wreck drifts ashore, or comes to land. Compare ATTAIN.

   Synonyms:
   arrive, attain, enter, gain, get to, land, reach

   Antonyms:
   depart, embark, go, go away, leave, set out, set sail, start, weigh anchor

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1. hit, strike, come toverb

   cause to experience suddenly

   "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear"

   Synonyms:
   touch, chance upon, resuscitate, shoot, excise, dispatch, move, hit, arrive at, strickle, attain, pertain, chance on, concern, reach, take, fall upon, refer, strike, score, make, off, revive, polish off, pip, assume, mint, collide with, coin, gain, fall, walk out, impinge on, touch on, affect, run into, scratch, happen upon, stumble, slay, relate, shine, bear on, murder, rack up, tally, impress, come across, take up, have-to doe with, expunge, come upon, light upon, discover, bump off, remove

2. refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe withverb

   be relevant to

   "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

   Synonyms:
   adjoin, touch, resuscitate, equal, associate, doctor, have-to doe with, cite, rival, hit, consult, fix, pertain, appertain, continue, concern, impact, mend, worry, link, refer, strike, meet, reach, repair, connect, bushel, stir, bring up, uphold, tinge, look up, affect, occupy, restore, name, relate, touch on, interrelate, preserve, tinct, bear on, partake, allude, bear upon, mention, colligate, contact, match, tie in, advert, push, furbish up, denote, carry on, revive, extend to, interest, disturb, link up, tint

3. come to, strikeverb

   attain

   "The horse finally struck a pace"

   Synonyms:
   touch, chance upon, resuscitate, excise, hit, attain, pertain, chance on, concern, take, fall upon, refer, strike, move, assume, collide with, coin, fall, walk out, impinge on, shine, touch on, affect, run into, scratch, happen upon, revive, relate, come across, bear on, mint, strickle, impress, take up, have-to doe with, expunge, come upon, light upon, discover

4. come to, revive, resuscitateverb

   return to consciousness

   "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

   Synonyms:
   recreate, resurrect, touch, quicken, reanimate, revivify, have-to doe with, touch on, vivify, revive, relate, refer, hit, strike, animate, pertain, repair, bear on, renovate, resuscitate, concern

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1. come to

   Synonyms:
   consent, yield

2. come to

   Synonyms:
   amount to

3. come to

   Synonyms:
   recover (as from fainting)

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1. come to

   Synonyms:
   revive, recover, consent, yield, accede, arrive at, reach, amount to

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1. Russell Portenoy:

   I've come to conclude their conduct in marketing without context, without education, without risk, produced an increase in inappropriate and unsafe prescribing that contributed to the public health crisis.

2. Laila Lacy:

   Larry Miller told me Larry Miller just couldn't face it, once Larry Miller said it, I understood that it was just too painful for Larry Miller to come to grips with the fact that she was gone.

3. Emotional McIlroy:

   To me it's kind of a non issue, I'm not really sure why he's decided to make such an issue out of it, as far as I'm concerned a number of people yelled 'fore.' He made the argument that since I hit the ball it should have came out of my mouth first and I guess I can see that. It's unfortunate it ended up the way it did. It certainly wasn't my intention to put anyone in harm's way. I had my wife in the gallery, my coaches. I'm surprised it's come to this point.

4. Carissa Cutrell:

   I had to pursue my studies here, I had to get a job, i was the first person in my family to come to the U.S.

5. Erik Jensen:

   It was a fantasy, she had control, a control that maybe she didn’t have elsewhere. She lived a double life. Maybe she didn’t have much excitement in her life… It may have seemed like an adventure, but reality hits hard. Her fantasy had to come to an end.