to come around
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4.1
- phrasal verb
- /kʌm əˈraʊnd/
:
cambiar de opinión
- NASA leadership slowly came around, and by the fall of 1962, it had adopted the LOR mission architecture.
- come around to the view
Where, where our brains are, where we've where we've all come around and, and where we're still trapped.
- Where, where our brains are, where we've where we've all come around and, and where we're still trapped.
- And so they came around to it when they see the benefits of it.
- I hope that if I win and that she'll come around and, and that she will be really proud of me.
- Many people want to believe that the narcissist has finally come around, has really finally made the changes.
- I do have the belief that Congress will eventually see this and come around to that.
- You should not get caught up in thinking I can change this man's mind or he'll come around later.
Examples
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And my only hope is that Mimi will come around, eventually, because I love her very much.
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She was still apprehensive but she started to come around a little bit.
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But, you know, I was really hoping that she would come around and feel more comfortable and she did.
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How do we persuade others to come around to our way of thinking?
Academic text (2006) -
People gradually came around to see what was wrong with these other ones.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm not sure, but I, I'm coming around to that more and more.
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Recent negotiations suggest that Gorbachev has also come around to this view.
Academic text (1990) -
After discussing the issue for hours, I have finally come around to your way of thinking.
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Initially skeptical about the project, she eventually came around and agreed to participate.
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It took some time, but he has come around to the idea that collaborating could be beneficial.
Synonyms
811
2.6
Decide to think or act differently from before
49
3.3
Become more willing to change your mind
19
4.6
To change support from one group or person to another
18
3.0
Make someone think differently about something
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5.1
To show a different opinion after you were against it before
3
3.6
To cause someone to change their mind
To have a different opinion after seeing new facts or benefits
To persuade someone to accept your idea or plan
Antonyms
How Convinced
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to occur again as part of a regular cycle' is directly derivable from combining 'come' (arrive) with 'around' (in a circular/recurrent sense), so a learner who knows the constituents can infer 'arrive/happen again'. Although 'come around' has other senses (e.g., change opinion, regain consciousness), the cyclical 'happen again' reading follows a transparent compositional pattern found in many languages.
Etymology
Come around uses the words come and around to paint a picture of someone moving around and ending up on your side, so they change their view. That's why it means 'to change your opinion'.