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COME AROUND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Happen regularly
Example:
Christmas rolled around again
Synonyms:
come around; roll around
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "come around" is one way to...):
come about; fall out; go on; hap; happen; occur; pass; pass off; take place (come to pass)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Change one's position or opinion
Example:
He came around to our point of view
Synonyms:
come around; come round
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "come around" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
"Come around" entails doing...:
reconsider (consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
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