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Different meanings of "To come up" ?

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vincent profile picture vincentMarch 2020

From exRanger:

"To come up", while it does imply progress in the job place, i.e., rising through the ranks", it has other, significantly different meanings, including the sense of an invitation to join others at a different place (ie, a physical space/location) or "condition", usually implied @ a higher level (this could refer, as pointed out earlier, the job place).

Examples:

1. "Come up to our place this weekend." = Issuance of an invitation to join another or others @ a place of residence or other geographic location.

2. "Come up to our way of thinking." means to advance one's thought to that of a (perceived) superior element. Note: this verb phrase often includes an additional lexical element, the word "on", i.e., "Come on up to X."

vincent profile picture vincentMarch 2020

From mhsaini :

Different meanings of come up:

- bring to existence; example (come up with a new idea = bring a new idea to existence).

- invent; example (Who come up with this concept = who invented this concept) Note; it can have a lot of meanings briefly to understand it you have to contextualise it. and it always followed with a preposition

Janeneedstolearn89 profile picture Janeneedstolearn89January 2020
come up can mean evolving or growing into a new level of maturity. For example, getting a promotion at work or maybe "coming into your own" as in being more comfortable with yourself
  • mhsaini profile picture mhsainiJanuary 2020
    Different meanings of come up:
    - bring to existence; example ( come up with a new idea = bring a new idea to existence).
    -invent; example (Who come up with this concept = who invented this concept)
    Note; it can have a lot of meanings briefly to understand it you have to contextualise it.
    and it always followed with a preposition
  • Janeneedstolearn89 profile picture Janeneedstolearn89January 2020
    exRanger is correct. I somehow did not consider that meaning. Come down or come up are used as a term when travelling as in "i should come up/down and see you"
    My apologies
  • exRanger profile picture exRangerJanuary 2020
    AS @Janeetc. is a Canadian speaker of English, there are perhaps uses I have outlined that lean @ American (ie, USA) usage and perhaps elude the Canadian "English" thinking. I'll ask my (many) Canadian acquaintances, several of which I correspond on a daily basis.
  • exRanger profile picture exRangerJanuary 2020
    These interpretations are a bit too literal IMO.

    "To come up", while it does imply progress in the job place, i.e., rising through the ranks", it has other, significantly different meanings, including the sense of an invitation to join others at a different place (ie, a physical space/location) or "condition", usually implied @ a higher level (this could refer, as pointed out earlier, the job place).

    Examples:

    1. "Come up to our place this weekend." = Issuance of an invitation to join another or others @ a place of residence or other geographic location.

    2. "Come up to our way of thinking." means to advance one's thought to that of a (perceived) superior element.

    Note: this verb phrase often includes an additional lexical element, the word "on", i.e., "Come on up to X."