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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

come true en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To become real: to become true or existent.
    • If you wish really hard, it just might come true.
    • So happy Christmas / I love you baby / I can see a better time / When all our dreams come true 1987, Jem Finer, Shane MacGowan, “Fairytale of New York”, performed by The Pogues:
    • Hey ... you deserve all that a man can do / To make your dreams and happiness come true / When we're out, you make me feel so nice / It's like living in a world of paradise 1976, Eddie Kendricks, “To You From Me”, in Goin' Up in Smoke:
    • Many of their predictions came true, but of course, many did not.
  2. To maintain identity of salient characteristics through propagation processes.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
came true Tense=Past lexicographic
comes true Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
come true Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coming true Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

dream come true

Synonyms

breed true · race

Translations (41)

ja 叶う (to become real) · ru осуществля́ться (to become real) · de wahr werden (to become real) · hy իրականանալ (to become real) · pt realizar (to become real) · de sich realisieren (to become real) · de sich verwirklichen (to become real) · cmn 應驗 /应验 (to become real) · ru испо́лниться (to become real) · el βγαίνω αληθινός (to become real) · sv bli verklighet (to become real) · ja 実現する (to become real) · hu valóra válik (to become real) · de bewahrheiten (to become real) · ru сбыва́ться (to become real) · ru осуществи́ться (to become real) · zdj urenɗesheha (to become real) · hu megvalósul (to become real) · cs uskutečnit se (to become real) · ru исполня́ться (to become real) · zdj urenɗeha (to become real) · es realizarse (to become real) · fr se réaliser (to become real) · es hacerse realidad (to become real) · tr gerçekleşmek (to become real) · de in Erfüllung gehen (to become real) · nl werkelijkheid worden (to become real) · cmn 成真 (to become real) · cmn 實現 /实现 (to become real) · gd thig gu buil (to become real) · lzz იმთილანენ (to become real) · de geschehen (to become real) · fi toteutua (to become real) · nl bewaarheid worden (to become real) · hu beteljesül (to become real) · ja 適中する (to become real) · hu teljesül (to become real) · ru сбы́ться (to become real) · ja 適う (to become real) · nl uitkomen (to become real) · ru реализова́ться (to become real)