come about meaning

• Verb: come about  kúm u'bawt
  1. Come to pass
     - happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, take place

  Derived forms: comes about, come about, coming about, came about

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  [American slang]
  1. to happen.
    How did this damage come about?
    This came about due to the windstorm.
  2. [for a ship or boat] to turn.
    Look how easily this boat comes about.
    Now, practice making the boat come about.

• How did it come about that he knew where we were?
• How did all this come about?
• This unevenness comes about because topics are developed in a logical order.
• One should keep in mind that scientific development usually comes about in somewhat regular fashion.
• The importance of these northeastern cities, both as ports and as hubs of manufacturing, did not simply come about by chance.
• Internalization may also come about spontaneously by the merger of two units inflicting large externalities upon one another.
• Many a quarrel comes about through a misunderstanding
• How did it come about that you knew where to dig
• How did this dangerous state of affairs come about
• He could hardly realise how it had all come about

• "come about" meaning in Chinese: 产生结果
• "come about" meaning in Japanese: {句動-1} : 起こる、生じるHow did this unusual situation come about?...
• "come about" meaning in Russian: 1) происходить, случаться; Ex: it came about this way это ...
• "come about" meaning in French: arriver, se produire, se passer