āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
come about
/kËĘm ÉbËaĘt/
to come about
[phrase form: come]
01
āĻāĻāĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to happen, often unexpectedly
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The decision to expand the company came about after much deliberation.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As the storm approached, the wind came about from the east.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŧ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(of a sailing maneuver) to change direction by turning the front of the boat through the wind
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The boat needed to come about to avoid the shallow waters ahead.
āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
