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came¹

  • /ˈkeɪ̯m/ Canadian, US, UK
  • [ˈkʰeɪ̯m] Canadian, US, UK
  • /ˈkeːm/
  • [ˈkʰeːm]
  • /ˈkæ̝ɪ̯m/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈkʰæ̝ɪ̯m] Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈkɛm/ Ireland, also
  • [ˈkʰɛm] Ireland, also

Rhymes with -eɪm

Where it comes from

See come.

verb

  1. past simple past of come
  2. colloquial, nonstandard, participle, past past participle of come With that army the British army, in the course of its operations, must have came in contact; and, if that were likely, (may rather if it was impossible to avoid it.) I will ask, whether, under all the circumstances of Europe[…]
  3. past simple past of cum

preposition

  1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation Came Christmas by which, at the outset, everybody knew it would be over, and it was not over. Came June, 1915, concerning which, at the outset, he had joined with Mr. Fortune, Twyning and Harold in laughter at his own grotesque idea of the war lasting to the dramatic effect of a culminating battle o

    Similar: by, when [event, period, change in state] came/arrived

came²

  • /ˈkeɪ̯m/ Canadian, US, UK
  • [ˈkʰeɪ̯m] Canadian, US, UK
  • /ˈkeːm/
  • [ˈkʰeːm]
  • /ˈkæ̝ɪ̯m/ Australia, New Zealand
  • [ˈkʰæ̝ɪ̯m] Australia, New Zealand
  • /ˈkɛm/ Ireland, also
  • [ˈkʰɛm] Ireland, also

Rhymes with -eɪm

Where it comes from

Attested from the 17th century, of unknown origin. Possibly from kame (“a ridge”). Compare Scots came (“comb”), Scots kame (“combing; a ridge”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

noun cames

  1. A grooved strip of metal, traditionally usually lead or brass and today sometimes stainless steel, used to hold panes of glass together in glazing.

Came³

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: got, broke, took, went, ran, grew, showed, rode, arose, gave, became, began, swam, did, departed, rushed

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noun A grooved strip of metal for glasswork

Françaisplomb

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@misc{came_2026,
  title = {came},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/came},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}