1. To come or go into
   "Please come in and make yourself comfortable";
   - enter, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
    
2. Be received
   "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda";
   - come
    
3. To insert between other elements
   "The chorus comes in after the second verse";
   - interject, interpose, put in, throw in, inject
    
4. Take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal
   "Jerry came in third in the Marathon";
   - place, come out
    
5. (fashion) come into fashion; become fashionable
   "Neon colours came in during the 1980s"

Derived forms: come in, coming in, comes in, came in

See also: come, come upon

Type of: arrive, change, come, cut off, disrupt, get, go, interrupt, locomote, move, rank, travel

Antonym: exit, go out

Encyclopedia: Come in, Your Time is Up