come to pass

English

Verb

come to pass (third-person singular simple present comes to pass, present participle coming to pass, simple past came to pass, past participle come to pass)

1. To happen; to occur.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:8:

     And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

   • 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 57:

     A planning document produced in October 1984 said that Class 46 maintenance costs were soaring and rapid withdrawal would occur, and this came to pass by the end of the year.

Synonyms

• transpire; see also Thesaurus:happen

Translations

to happen, to occur

• Dutch: gebeuren (nl)
• French: se passer (fr)
• German: geschehen (de)
• Hungarian: történik (hu), megtörténik (hu)
• Latin: accidō (la), ēveniō (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hende (no), skje (no), bli noe av

• Old English: āgangan, weorþan
• Spanish: suceder (es), ocurrir (es), acontecer (es)
• Swedish: ske (sv), hända (sv), inträffa (sv)
• Tocharian B: kän-