entgegenkommen

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German

Etymology

entgegen- +‎ kommen

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  • Hyphenation: ent‧ge‧gen‧kom‧men

Verb

entgegenkommen (class 4 strong, third-person singular present kommt entgegen, past tense kam entgegen, past participle entgegengekommen, past subjunctive käme entgegen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to come towards the face of something or someone
  2. (figuratively) to accommodate (a request)
    sich gegenseitig auf halbem Weg entgegenkommento meet each other half way

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