different between came vs cume

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke?m/, [k?e??m]
• Rhymes: -e?m

Etymology 1

Verb

came

1. simple past tense of come
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of come
3. simple past tense of cum

Preposition

came

1. Used to indicate that the following event, period, or change in state occurred in the past, after a time of waiting, enduring, or anticipation

Synonyms

• (following event etc, in the past after waiting): by, when [event, period, change in state] came/arrived

See also

• come (preposition)

Etymology 2

Compare Scots came (“comb”), caim (“comb”), and Middle English camet (“silver”).

Noun

came (plural cames)

1. A grooved strip of lead used to hold panes of glass together.

Translations

References

• came at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• ACME, Acme, ECMA, EMAC, Mace, Ma?e, acme, eMac, mace

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”).

Noun

came f (plural cames)

1. cam (part of engine)

Derived terms

• arbre à cames

Etymology 2

Inflected form of camer.

Verb

came

1. first-person singular present indicative of camer
2. third-person singular present indicative of camer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of camer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of camer
5. second-person singular imperative of camer

Latin

Noun

c?me

1. vocative singular of c?mus

Northern Kurdish

Noun

came ?

1. dress, clothing, garment

Derived terms

• camedank

English

Etymology

From cumulative; compare cumulate.

Verb

cume (third-person singular simple present cumes, present participle cuming, simple past and past participle cumed)

1. (film) Earn cumulatively at the box office.
   • 2014, Brian Brooks, Deadline Hollywood, “Godard’s ‘Goodbye To Language’ Says Hello To Weekend’s Best Specialty Box Office”, November 2, 2014:

     Despite the exhibitor complications, Goodbye To Language has already surpassed Godard’s most recent previous project, Film Socialisme, which cumed about $33K in the U.S in its 2011 release.

Usage notes

Particularly in past or perfect forms, as “cumed” or “has cumed”, since “cumulative box office receipts” is primarily a backwards-looking concept.

Noun

cume (plural cumes)

1. (film) Cumulative box office receipts.
   • 2014, Justin Chang, Variety, “Why Godard’s ‘Goodbye to Language’ Demands a Wider 3D Release”, November 4, 2014:

     With a cume so far of more than $38,000, the film has already outgrossed Godard’s previous feature, “Film socialisme” (2010), despite having opened on far fewer screens.

   • 2017, Mark Hughes, "'Wonder Woman' Has All-Time 4th-Best Third Weekend For Superhero Movie"

     Taking into account the fact Wonder Woman opened lower than those other releases, these holds and its eventual $560-570+ million global cume after close of business Friday now all but assure Gal Gadot's Amazon princess will indeed finish its run north of $700 million.

2. (radio, television) Cumulative audience.
   • 2011, Gary Dahl, Advertising For Dummies

     If a particular station has a cume of 250,000, but most listeners are women and only a very few are within your target demo, then this 250,000 figure doesn't help you.

3. (education) Cumulative grade point average.
   • 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum and Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw” in The Broadside of Boston, vol. III, No. 22:

Adjective

cume (not comparable)

1. (film) Cumulative.
   • 1988, Hugh Malcolm Beville, Audience Ratings: Radio, Television, and Cable

     Cume ratings provide measures of net unduplicated audience for various combinations...

   • 2016, Alan B. Albarran, Management of Electronic and Digital Media

     Cume persons represent a radio station's cumulative audience, or the estimated number of individuals reached by a radio station.

See also

• box office

Anagrams

• muce

Galician

Alternative forms

• crume

Etymology

15th century. From Latin culmen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Cognate with Portuguese cume and Spanish cumbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kume?/

Noun

cume m (plural cumes)

1. mountain top, summit

   Synonym: cumio

2. ridge, roof top
   • 1433, Rodríguez González, Ángel / José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 63:

     a qual casa se ten por parede con outra casa de Juan Peres, notario da dita villa, de h?a parte, da outra parta se ten por cume et tavoado con outra mia casa

     the aforementioned house is next to the wall of another one that belongs to Juan Perez, notary of this town, in one side, and in the other is touching, by the ridge and the wooden wall, with another house of my property

   Synonyms: cima, cumio

3. ridge board
   • 1457, Tato Plaza, Fernando R. (ed.) (1999): Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega (Ponencia de Lingua)., page 185:

     Jtem diso máis que leuara de dentro da grãja de Saar, estando presente Martj?n de Dorrõ, h?u cume de castaño de des cóuodos, pouco máis o menos

     Item, he said more, that he had taken from the inside of the farm of Sar, in the presence of Martín de Dorrón, a chestnut ridge board, of some ten cubits long, give or take

   Synonyms: crucel, cumio

4. top position

   Synonyms: cima, cúspide

5. summit (gathering of leathers, etc)

   Synonym: cumio

Derived terms

• cumial
• cumieira
• cumio

Related terms

• culminar

References

• “cume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Istriot

Alternative forms

• coûme

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *quomo (from Latin quom?do) + et. Compare Italian come, French comme, Romanian cum.

Adverb

cume

1. how
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 99:

     Cume li va puleîto in alto mare!

     How they row well on the high seas!

See also

• cumo

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *k?mo, from Proto-Germanic *k?mô.

Adverb

cume

1. barely, only just
2. almost, nearly

Descendants

• Dutch: kuim
• Limburgish: koem, koum (from German?)

Further reading

• “cume”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “cume”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Old English

Verb

cume

1. inflection of cuman:
   1. subjunctive present singular
   2. imperative singular

Old French

Conjunction

cume

1. Alternative form of conme

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin culmen, from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kum?/

Noun

cume m (plural cumes)

1. peak, the highest point of a mountain.

   Synonyms: cimo, sumo

Derived terms

• cumeeira

Related terms

• culminar