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to start to happen or work: The heating comes on at six in the morning. If you have an illness coming on, it is starting gradually: I think I've got a cold coming on. UK informal. If someone comes on, their period (= the process of blood coming from the womb that happens every month) starts. Fewer examples.
C1. to start to happen or work: The heat comes on at six in the morning. If you have an illness coming on, it is starting gradually: I think I have a cold coming on. UK informal. If someone comes on, their period (= the process of blood coming from the uterus that happens every month) starts. Fewer examples.
The meaning of COME-ON is something (such as an advertising promotion) intended to entice or allure. How to use come-on in a sentence.
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(START) Add to word list. to start to happen or work: The heating comes on at six in the morning. I think I have a cold coming on. (MAKE PROGRESS) to make progress: How's your new novel coming on? Come on! informal. B1. used to encourage someone to do something, to hurry, to try harder, etc: Come on! We're going to be late. (DISAGREEMENT)
4 days ago · 1. convention. You say ' Come on' to someone to encourage them to do something they do not much want to do. [spoken] Come on Doreen, let's dance. 2. convention. You say 'Come on' to someone to encourage them to hurry up. [spoken] 3. convention. You say 'Come on' to someone when you think that what they are saying is silly or unreasonable . [spoken]
1. expression Stop it. Oh, come on, you're as smart as anyone in this program. Come on, leave me alone! 2. expression Please agree to this request. Come on, Mom, all of my friends will be there. Can't I go too? 3. verb To hurry up or move faster. To convey this meaning, the phrase is often used in the imperative. Come on, we're going to be late!
come on/upon somebody/something. [no passive] (formal) to meet or find somebody/something by chance. Definition of come on phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
