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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  come up
       v 1: bring forth, usually something desirable; "The committee
            came up with some interesting recommendations"
       2: occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
          [syn: arise]
       3: move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach
          something or somebody; "He came singing down the road";
          "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out
          of the closet!"; "come into the room" [syn: come] [ant:
          go]
       4: come to the surface [syn: surface, rise up, rise]
       5: originate or come into being; "aquestion arose" [syn: arise,
           bob up]
       6: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the
          forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise,
           lift, arise, move up, go up, uprise] [ant: descend]
       7: be mentioned; "These names came up in the discussion"
       8: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went
          on"; "the computer came up" [syn: go on, come on]
          [ant: go off]
       9: get something or somebody for a specific purpose; "I found
          this gadget that will serve as a bottle opener"; "I got
          hold of these tools to fix our plumbing"; "The chairman
          got hold of a secretary on Friday night to type the urgent
          letter" [syn: line up, get hold, find]
       10: come up, of celestial bodies; "The sun also rises"; "The sun
           uprising sees the dusk night fled..."; "Jupiter ascends"
           [syn: rise, uprise, ascend] [ant: set]
       11: gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She
           had scraped together enough money for college" [syn: scrape,
            scrape up]
       12: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do
           something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your
           courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, muster up]

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


  come up
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 προκύπτω
     2 έρχομαι, κάτι αναφέρεται ή συζητείται
     3 περνάω, ρυθμίζω κάτι μέσα σε δικαστήριο ή επιτροπή
     4 έρχομαι κοντά κάποιου, προχωρώ προς κάποιον, για να του μιλήσω

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


  come up
     vb.
     1 (&lit en come up)
     2 (lb en intransitive) To come towards, to approach.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive) To emerge or become known,
  especially unexpectedly.
     4 To come to attention, present itself; to arrive or appear.
     5 To appear (before a judge or court).
     6 To draw near in time.
     7 (lb en intransitive of a heavenly body) To rise (above the
  horizon).
     8 (lb en British slang intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of
  a recreational drug.
     9 (lb en UK Oxford University) To arrive at the university. (Compare
  (m en go down), (m en send down).)

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


  come up
     vb.
     1 (&lit en come up)
     2 (lb en intransitive) To come towards, to approach.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive) To emerge or become known,
  especially unexpectedly.
     4 To come to attention, present itself; to arrive or appear.
     5 To appear (before a judge or court).
     6 To draw near in time.
     7 (lb en intransitive of a heavenly body) To rise (above the
  horizon).
     8 (lb en British slang intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of
  a recreational drug.
     9 (lb en UK Oxford University) To arrive at the university. (Compare
  (m en go down), (m en send down).)

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


  come up
     vb.
     1 (&lit en come up)
     2 (lb en intransitive) To come towards, to approach.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive) To emerge or become known,
  especially unexpectedly.
     4 To come to attention, present itself; to arrive or appear.
     5 To appear (before a judge or court).
     6 To draw near in time.
     7 (lb en intransitive of a heavenly body) To rise (above the
  horizon).
     8 (lb en British slang intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of
  a recreational drug.
     9 (lb en UK Oxford University) To arrive at the university. (Compare
  (m en go down), (m en send down).)

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


  come up
     vb.
     1 (&lit en come up)
     2 (lb en intransitive) To come towards, to approach.
     3 (lb en idiomatic intransitive) To emerge or become known,
  especially unexpectedly.
     4 To come to attention, present itself; to arrive or appear.
     5 To appear (before a judge or court).
     6 To draw near in time.
     7 (lb en intransitive of a heavenly body) To rise (above the
  horizon).
     8 (lb en British slang intransitive) To begin to feel the effects of
  a recreational drug.
     9 (lb en UK Oxford University) To arrive at the university. (Compare
  (m en go down), (m en send down).)

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


  come up
     Englanti vb.
     1 tulla ylös t. pinnalle (sukelluksista)
     2 tulla puheeksi keskustelussa, ilmetä
     3 ilmetä, tapahtua yllättävänä käänteenä, tulla eteen odottamatta
     4 lähestyä, tulla liki jotakuta
     5 nousta yhteiskunnalliselta asemaltaan
     6 tulla jonnekin pohjoisemmaksi tai merkittävään kaupunkiin
  (Englannissa yleensä Lontooseen tai Oxfordin t. Cambridgen yliopistoon
  tms.)

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


  come up /kˈʌm ˈʌp/
  objevit se

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


  come up /kˈʌm ˈʌp/
  přistoupit

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


  come up /kˈʌm ˈʌp/
  vyrazit