This is the simple past form of the verb 'come'. We use it to say that someone moved to a place before now.
She came home early today.
They came to the party last night.
Here, 'came' means that a thought or result happened or became clear after some time or effort.
Her idea came to me suddenly.
The answer came after some thinking.
This use shows reaching a position in a list or competition, meaning the place a person got after the event.
He came first in the race.
She came last in the competition.
A 'came' is a narrow metal strip used by craftspeople to join glass pieces in making stained glass windows.
The artist shaped the came to hold the glass.
Cames connect the small glass pieces in the window.
This use means that a time or event has started or arrived, often by surprise or quickly.
Christmas came very fast this year.
The time for dinner came quickly.
'Came' is used as part of phrasal verbs like 'came across' to show meeting or finding something by chance.
I came across an old book yesterday.
She came across a nice cafe in town.
Here, 'came' means that symptoms or effects appeared or started, often in medicine or biology contexts.
A fever came after the infection.
The pain came suddenly during the night.
