come onとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

come on (third-person singular simple present comes on, present participle coming on, simple past came on, past participle come on)

1. (transitive) To encounter, discover; to come upon.

   Synonym: come across

   Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank.

   • 1989 May, Jeff MacInnis, “Braving the Northwest Passage”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 599:

     We came on the seal's carcass only moments after the polar bears had been scared off by the approach of our boat.

2. (intransitive) To appear on a stage or in a performance.

   I think he's coming on too late after my line.

3. (transitive, intransitive) To be broadcast (through a device), or (of a broadcast) to begin playing.

   I was going to turn off the TV, but my favorite show came on.

   A salsa song came on the radio.

4. (intransitive) To progress, to develop; to come along.

   The new garden is coming on nicely.

   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Chapter 10”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     But she looked a lady, Paul declared, as much as Mrs. Major Moreton, and far, far nicer. The family was coming on. Only Morel remained unchanged, or rather, lapsed slowly.

   • 1975, Pierre Tubbs, J. Vincent Edwards, “Right Back Where We Started From”, in Right Back Where We Started From, performed by Maxine Nightingale, track 3:

     Ooh, and it's alright and it's comin' on / We gotta get right back to where we started from / Love is good, love can be strong / We gotta get right back to where we started from

5. (intransitive, of an electric or electronic device, especially a light) To activate; to turn on.

   The light came on as soon as I flicked the switch.

   She pressed the power button and waited for the screen to come on.

6. (intransitive, idiomatic, with to) To show sexual or relational interest through words or sometimes actions.

   Synonyms: hit on, pass, proposition

   She started coming on to me as soon as my wife left the room.

   • 1988, Julie Brown, Charlie Coffey, Terrence E. McNally, Earth Girls Are Easy (motion picture), spoken by Valerie (Geena Davis):

     Wait a minute. Are you like coming on to me? Is this a pass? Because, I mean, if it is, sex is like totally out of the question.

   • 1992, “Babies”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), His 'n' Hers, performed by Pulp:

     And so you went with Neve / Oh yeah, and Neve was coming on

7. (intransitive, idiomatic, colloquial, UK) To get one's period, start menstruating.
   • 2009, Jenny Diski, “Short cuts”, in London Review of Books, XXXI.20:

     Overall, menstrual modernity in the form of a more efficient throwaway technology was seized on and celebrated, as was the opportunity to send your man off to the shop to get it if you came on suddenly.

8. (sports, of a substitute) To enter the playing field.
   • 2011 February 12, Nabil Hassan, “Blackburn 0-0 Newcastle”, in BBC‎:

     Blackburn made their third and final substitution with 25 minutes remaining, with Brett Emerton coming on for Dunn as they looked for ways to stem the Newcastle tide.

   • 2023 November 11, Matthew Howarth, “Arsenal 3-1 Burnley”, in BBC Sport:

     One of few positives from a Burnley perspective was a first appearance of the season for forward Michael Obafemi, who came on with five minutes remaining after recovering from a long-term hamstring injury

9. (intransitive, informal, with adverbial words such as in, by, round, over, up, down) Elaboration of come (in the sense of move towards the speaker or other focus), emphasising motion or progress, or conveying a nuance of familiarity or encouragement.

   Don't just stand there on the doorstep. Come on in!

   Don't leave without coming on round to see the baby.

   You told me to come on over whenever I get the chance, and here I am!

   Come on up to my place on the third floor.

   Please come on home.

   • 1971, “River”, performed by Joni Mitchell:

     It's coming on Christmas / They're cutting down trees / They're putting up reindeer / And singing songs of joy and peace

10. (slang) To appear or seem to be a particular.

    He's coming on strong.

    They came a trick on me.

11. (slang, intransitive, transitive) To begin to feel the effects of a drug; to start causing effects.

    The coke came on me quickly.

12. (slang, transitive) To join a job, hobby or other practice.

    He came on at the same time as me.

13. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come,‎ on.

派生語

• come on to

関連する語

• come-on (noun)

間投詞

come on

1. Come along with me; join me in going.

   I'll show you where the auditorium is. Come on!

2. Synonym of let's go, a cheer or expression of support, encouragement, &c.

   Come on, George! You can win!

3. An expression of disbelief.

   Synonyms: come off it, shut up, c'mon, get out of here, no way; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

   Come on! You can't possibly expect me to believe that.

4. An expression of frustration, exasperation, or impatience; hurry up.

   Aw, come on! Get on with it!

   Come on, we don't want to miss the train!

5. An expression of defiance or as a challenge; approach; come at me.

   Synonyms: bring it on, bring it

   Come on! I'm not afraid of you.

   • 1847, John Maddison Morton, Box and Cox:

     BOX: […] Hark ye, sir—can you fight?
     COX: No, sir.
     BOX: No? Then come on—

別の表記

• (cheer): c'mon, carn, mon

関連する語

派生した語

• → Icelandic: kommon
• → Portuguese: camone
• → Russian: камон (kamon)

アナグラム

• oncome

発音

• (Northern 米国発音 or cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈkʌmˌɑn/
• (Southern 米国発音) IPA: /ˈkʌmˌɔn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkʌmˌɒn/
• 韻: (Southern American English) -ʌmɔn

名詞

come-on (plural come-ons)

1. (informal) Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement.

   The free offers are just come-ons to get you in the store so the sales staff can work on you.

   • 1897, Edward W. Townsend, Near A Whole City Full, page 164:

     He's got a come-on from New Jersey that I'm to steer to the turning joint.

2. (informal) A statement or sometimes an action reflecting sexual or romantic interest.

   I thought he'd asked me to lunch to discuss business; I wasn't expecting a come-on.

   • 1969, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:

     I come looking for a job
     But I get no offers
     Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue

   • 1989, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally...‎ (motion picture), spoken by Harry Burns (Billy Crystal):

     What I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.

3. (theater, slang) A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage.
   • 1975, George Jean Nathan, Charles Angoff, The Theatre Book of the Year, 1942-1943, page 82:

     When the public no longer rushed to the box-office to buy such synthetic exaltations of the spirit, pitchmen like Jerome K. Jerome and the aforesaid Kennedy got out their theopathic apparatus and had at the trade with elixirs in which actors, their faces chalked into a pallor exceeding Nicky Arnstein's, were programmed as A Stranger, A Wayfarer, or Manson and, by conducting themselves for the major portion of two hours like overly verbose and objectionable pallbearers, peculiarly persuaded the come-ons that they were replicas of Christ and that the rest of the cast, a bunch of low-lifes, were converted to the faith by them.

関連する語

• come on

参考

• come-hither
• show ankle

アナグラム

• oncome