to come again
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2.1
- phrasal verb
- /kʌm əˈɡɛn/
:
volver
- I enjoyed the concert so much that I want to come again next time they perform.
Could you kindly make an appointment and come again tomorrow please?
- Could you kindly make an appointment and come again tomorrow please?
- You had an opportunity that may never come again and you blew it.
- Dana, thank you very much for coming again.
- And then after about two or three weeks, you start to feel it coming again.
- It's not just the speed of delivering attacks, it's the ability to pull back and come again.
- You know, if Christ came again, he might condemn the serene philosopher for his very serenity.
- And at the thought of like after like a nine month period of like time like that, that stage would come again.
- But then unexpectedly, it would come again and I'd never, thank goodness, experienced that before.
- and action. Thank you. Come again?
- Things are now getting quiet and you can rest sleeping and then next morning the sun and the spring comes again.
Examples
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Please come again next week for our regular meeting.
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I bent and kissed her crumpled tissue-paper cheek, told her I'd come again soon.
Fiction book (1996) -
Would you like to come again?
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You must come again soon.
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Could you kindly make an appointment and come again tomorrow please?
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You will come again some time, won't you ?
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So she returned to Mingo, promising to come again when called.
Fiction book (1997) -
Please come again!
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Come again next week.
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Even though he stayed away for several months, Koretski, the priest, began to come again and play chess on Fridays.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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1.3
To return to how it was before
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2.7
To come back into sight after being away for a time
70
3.5
Come back together with someone or something after being apart
68
5.7
Happen again, often after some time
26
3.6
To go to a place again after some time
14
3.2
To go back into a place or situation after leaving it
8
4.1
To appear again after being away or hidden
4
4.0
Begin being involved again after a break
3
5.6
To return to a place or job and be there again
3
3.8
Happen again after some time
To meet again after being apart
How Soon
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to return' is directly and compositionally derived from 'come' (move toward/arrive) plus 'again' (once more). This motion verb + repetition adverb pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase come again comes from shopkeepers who smiled and said 'do come again' to customers as a friendly invite to visit another time. That clear picture of someone coming back is why it now means 'to return to a place'.