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come about (third-person singular simple present comes about, present participle coming about, simple past came about, past participle come about)
- (intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen; to exist.
We have to ask, how did this come about?
1960 December, “The Hastings Line diesel-electric multiple units”, in Trains Illustrated, page 732:In a review of operating experience with the Southern Region diesel-electric multiple-units on the Hastings line, read to the Institution of Locomotive Engineers in October, Mr. W. J. A. Sykes, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer of the S.R., revealed how the somehat unprepossessing appearance of these train sets came about.
- (intransitive, nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver 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 after tacking. See also come to.
- (intransitive) To change; to come round.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :The wind is come about.
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