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come about: intransitive verb
come about: verb

come about VB intr

1. come about (happen):

come about

passieren

how did the problem come about in the first place?

wie kam es überhaupt zu diesem Problem?

it came about that he died the day after winning a million

er starb nur einen Tag nach seinem Millionengewinn

2. come about NAUT:

come about

wenden

come about VB

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to come about

entstehen

to come about

zustande kommen

to come about

sich ereignen [oder ergeben]

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to come clean about sth

etw beichten

I've come to see about the TV

ich soll mir den Fernseher ansehen

I've come to see about the rent

ich komme wegen der Miete

how did the problem come about in the first place?

wie kam es überhaupt zu diesem Problem?

come on, I want to know all the gory details about your date

los, erzähl schon, ich will all die intimen Details deines Rendezvous erfahren

we have about 20 people for the party — who else should come?

wir haben etwa 20 Leute für die Party — wer soll noch kommen?

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This may come about if a release is reissued or if there is a surge of interest in the track. en.wikipedia.org

His military career has come about more by accident than by any persistent decision. en.wikipedia.org

This can come about by various effects of the mutations upon gamma secretase. en.wikipedia.org

Vicarious transformation is a process of active engagement with the negative changes that come about through trauma work. en.wikipedia.org

However, they would not have come about without earlier empirical studies and research from which her claims developed. en.wikipedia.org

All these changes have come about through democratic elections. en.wikipedia.org

This could come about if the reigning monarch exercised the monarchical power to have a chosen relative elected as heir during his or her reign. en.wikipedia.org

It had only come about because of an upswelling of private summonses, petitions, and public meetings. en.wikipedia.org

It had started to come about in 1976. en.wikipedia.org

Many of the earlier shows of the band would come about thanks to the band's art world contacts. en.wikipedia.org

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come about VB intr

1. come about (happen):

2. come about NAUT:

come about VB

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