come on

• Locution verbale ou interjection utilisée pour encourager quelqu'un à faire quelque chose, exprimer l'impatience, ou indiquer qu'une chose commence ou progresse.

A phrasal verb used to encourage someone to do something, to express impatience, or to indicate that something is beginning or progressing.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Encouragement or urginginformal

   Used to encourage someone to do something or to hurry up.

   Encouragement ou exhortation

   • Come on, we're going to be late!
   • Come on, you can do it!
   • Come on, let's go to the park.

   Synonymesget goingget movinggo on

2. Start or begininformal

   To begin to happen or operate.

   commencer à se produire

   • The lights came on automatically.
   • The rain came on suddenly.
   • The heating comes on at six in the morning.

   Synonymesactivatebeginkick instartswitch onturn on

   Antonymesceaseendhaltstop

3. informal

   To make progress or develop in a particular way.

   Progresser, se développer

   • How is your project coming on?
   • Her English is coming on really well.
   • The new garden is coming on nicely.

   Synonymesadvancedevelopflourishget alongimprovemake headwayproceedprogressshape upthrive

   Antonymesdeclinedeteriorateregressstagnate

Verbe de basecome