HOW COME

Meaning of HOW COME in English

why? how do you explain it?

How come you're going home? Don't you want to play?

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

HOW COME — phrasal how does it happen that ; why
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOW COME — phrasal : how does it happen that : why how come you're here so early
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOW COME? — adv. how is it possible?; why?, how can it be?
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOW COME — : how does it happen that : why
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOW COME — how does it happen that : WHY
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOW COME? — informal said when asking how or why something happened. → come
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOW COME? — ( informal ) used to ask the reason for sth : 'I think you owe me some money.' 'How come?'
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOW COME ( ... )? — used to say you do not understand how sth can happen and would like an explanation : If she spent …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOW COME — {informal} also {nonstandard}
Slang English vocab
HOW COME — why How come you don`t telephone her if you want to talk to her so much?
English Idioms vocab
HOW COME — informal also nonstandard
American Idioms English vocabulary
HOW COME ? — how come ?: почему? How come you didn't answer! ≈ Почему это ты не ответил? How come you never visit …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOW COME — почему
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOW COME — Почему
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HOW COME — Зачем
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HOW COME? — почему? How come you didn't answer? — Почему это ты не ответил? How come you never visit us anymore? — …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOW COME — зачем, почему, чего ради, с чего это?
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HOW COME? — почему? How come you didn't answer? — Почему это ты не ответил? How come you never visit us anymore? — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOW COME? — почему? How come you didn't answer? — Почему это ты не ответил? How come you never visit us anymore? — Почему же …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOW COME — зачем, почему, чего ради, с чего это?
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HOW COME — expr interrog infml How come you never seem to be getting along? — Почему вы все время ссоритесь? How come we don't …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
HOW COME — expr interrog infml How come you never seem to be getting along? — Почему вы все время ссоритесь? How come …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
HOW COME — how come expr interrog infml How come you never seem to be getting along? Почему вы все время ссоритесь? How …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
HOW COME — How come you never seem to be getting along? — Почему вы все время ссоритесь? How come we don't see …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
HOW COME..? — How come..?: Как так получается..?; Как вышло (что)..?
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
HOW COME — Как так получается..?; Как вышло (что)..?
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
HOW COME ? — how come ?: почему? How come you didn't answer! ≈ Почему это ты не ответил? How come you never visit …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOW COME — почему
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOW — qualmen. HOW MUCH, HOW MANY: quant
English interlingue dictionary
HOW — I. (|)hau̇ adverb Etymology: Middle English hou, how, adv & conjunction, from Old English hū; akin to Old Frisian hū, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOW — (adv.) At what price; how dear.
Английский словарь Webster
HOW — ( adv. ) At what price; how dear.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOW — how 1 /how/ , adv. 1. in what way or manner; by what means?: How did the accident happen? 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOW — I. ˈhau̇ adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hū; akin to Old High German hwuo how, Old English hwā …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOW — adv at what price; how dear. 2. how ·adv for what reason; from what cause. 3. how ·adv by what …
Webster English vocab
COME — p.p. of come. 2. come ·noun coming. 3. come ·noun to approach or arrive, as if by a journey or …
Webster English vocab
HOW — [how] adv [ME, fr. OE hu; akin to OHG hwuo how, OE hwa who--more at who] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOW — how BrE AmE haʊ ▶ ˌ How ˈ are you? (greeting) BrE AmE ▶ ( ˈ Fine.) ˌ How are …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOW — / haʊ; NAmE / adverb 1. in what way or manner : How does it work? He did not know …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOW — how S1 W1 /haʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hu ] 1 . used to ask …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOW — adv., conj., & n. --interrog. adv. 1 by what means, in what way (how do you do it?; tell me …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOW — adv., conj., & n. interrog. adv. 1 by what means, in what way (how do you do it?; tell me …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOW — 1. adv., conj., & n. --interrog. adv. 1. by what means, in what way (how do you do it?; tell …
Oxford English vocab
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Oxford English vocab
HOW — The conjunction is pronounced /haʊ/. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOW — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ to ask about …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
HOW
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOW — [adverb] [not gradable], [conjunction] - in what way; by what methodsHow do we get to the town from here?How did …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME — v. come from come in come by come by chance come down with come off come on come out come …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
HOW — See ↑ WAY 6 ◆◆◆ • ↑ don't ask me/how should I know? • ↑ see how things go
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
COME — v. 1 approach, advance, (draw) near, move, Archaic or literary draw nigh The car came towards us She has come …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
COME — See: CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST, CROSS A BRIDGE BEFORE ONE COMES TO IT, EASY COME - EASY GO, FIRST …
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