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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  come about
       v : come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place
           off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed
           important" [syn: happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur,
            pass, fall out, take place]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  come about
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take
  place; to happen; to exist.
     2 (lb en intransitive nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver
  the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes
  from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with
  respect to the wind after tacking. See also (m en come to).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To change; to come round.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  come about
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take
  place; to happen; to exist.
     2 (lb en intransitive nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver
  the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes
  from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with
  respect to the wind after tacking. See also (m en come to).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To change; to come round.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  come about
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take
  place; to happen; to exist.
     2 (lb en intransitive nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver
  the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes
  from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with
  respect to the wind after tacking. See also (m en come to).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To change; to come round.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  come about
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take
  place; to happen; to exist.
     2 (lb en intransitive nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver
  the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes
  from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with
  respect to the wind after tacking. See also (m en come to).
     3 (lb en intransitive) To change; to come round.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  come about
     Englanti vb.
     tapahtua, syntyä, kehkeytyä, sukeutua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  come about
     Engelska vb.
     komma sig; komma till, gå till; inträffa, uppkomma

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  come about /kˈʌm ɐbˈaʊt/ 
  udát se

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  come about /kˈʌm ɐbˈaʊt/ 
  stát se

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  come about /kˈʌm ɐbˈaʊt/
  zustande kommen, zu etw. kommen 
        "How did the problem come about in the first place?"  - Wie kam es überhaupt zu diesem Problem?
   see: coming about, come about, Our meeting came about by chance., It is curious to note how this situation came about., I don't know how it came about that this regime was introduced.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  come about /kˈʌm ɐbˈaʊt/
  zustande gekommen, gekommen
        "How did the problem come about in the first place?"  - Wie kam es überhaupt zu diesem Problem?
   see: come about, coming about, Our meeting came about by chance., It is curious to note how this situation came about., I don't know how it came about that this regime was introduced.
  

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  come about /kʌməbaut/
  1. devenir
  2. arriver, avoir lieu, intervenir

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  come about /kʌməbaut/
  accidere

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  come about /kʌməbaut/
  1. acontecer, fazer-se, tornar-se
  2. suceder, ter lugar

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  come about /kʌməbaut/
  бытовать

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  136 Moby Thesaurus words for "come about":
     about ship, alter, ameliorate, attain fulfillment, attend,
     back and fill, be changed, be converted into, be found,
     be met with, be realized, be renewed, bear away, bear off,
     bear to starboard, beat, beat about, become of, befall, betide,
     bottom out, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant,
     cant round, cast, cast about, change, change course,
     change the heading, checker, chop, chop and change, come,
     come around, come down, come of, come off, come out, come round,
     come to pass, come true, degenerate, deteriorate, develop, deviate,
     diverge, diversify, double a point, end, ensue, eventuate, fall,
     fall out, fare, fetch about, flop, follow, gain strength, go about,
     go off, gybe, hap, happen, haul around, heave round, heel, improve,
     issue, jibe, jibe all standing, meliorate, miss stays, mitigate,
     modulate, mutate, occur, pan out, pass, pass off, pivot,
     pivot about, ply, prove, prove to be, put about, put back, rally,
     recover, recuperate, result, revive, round, round a point, sheer,
     shift, slew, spin, swerve, swing, swing round, swing the stern,
     swivel, tack, take a turn, take place, terminate, throw about,
     transpire, turn, turn about, turn around, turn aside, turn back,
     turn into, turn out, turn round, turn tail, turn the corner,
     undergo a change, unfold, vary, veer, veer around, warp, wear,
     wear ship, wheel, wheel about, whirl, wind, work out, worsen,
     yaw
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  发生;产生

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     发生,产生,实现

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