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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

come down to us en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.
    • There is some confusion about this work since the original has disappeared, and scholars have assumed that what has come down to us is not by Mozart. 2002, Alexander J. Morin, editor, Classical Music: The Listener's Companion, page 638:
    • As you’ll have noticed, a large number of pre-Renaissance writings on language have come down to us without any indication of their author’s name, or with a false one attached. 2003, Vivien Law, The History of Linguistics in Europe: From Plato to 1600, page 170:
    • It is somewhat remarkable that none of bishop Ridley’s sermons have come down to us. 1858, Charles Henry Cooper, Thompson Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses, volume 1, page 138:

Forms

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came down to us Tense=Past lexicographic
coming down to us Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
comes down to us Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
come down to us Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic