Meaning of come about in English

come about

— phrasal verb with come verb

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/kʌm/

came | come

to happen, or start to happen:

How did the problem come about in the first place?

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How did such a confused situation come about?
She was late again, but I'm not sure how it came about this time.
How did it come about that the police were involved?

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Occurring and happening

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(Definition of come about from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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發生, 產生, 出現…

～が生じる, ～が始まる…

olmak, meydana gelmek…

arriver, se produire…

passar, ocórrer…

يَحدُث…

stát se, přihodit se…

ske, gå til…

terjadi…

เกิดขึ้น…

xảy ra…

powstawać…

berlaku…

geschehen…

skje, hende, foregå…

발생하다…

suceder, ocorrer…

发生, 产生, 出现…

accadere, avvenire…

возникать…

suceder, ocurrir…

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