come about

1. 1.

   come to pass

   “What is happening?”

   “The meeting took place off without an incidence”

   “Nothing occurred that seemed important”

   Synonymshappenhapgo onpass offoccurpassfall outtake place

   Narrowerbreakariseresultintervenetranspiregivesuperveneproceedcomefall

Questions about come about

What does come about mean?

come about means "come to pass".

What is another word for come about?

Close synonyms include happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is come about a common word?

come about is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.