come on
1 (v + adv) develop INTRANSITIVEdul chun cinn a dhéanamh VP tar ar aghaidh VPtar chun cinn VP she came on a lot last year rinne sí an-dul chun cinn anuraidh, tháinig sí ar aghaidh go mór anuraidhhow is your course coming on? conas mar atá ag éirí le do chúrsa?, cad é mar atá do chúrsa ag dul?his Irish has come on a little tá a chuid Gaeilge feabhsaithe beagán 2 (v + adv) start working INTRANSITIVEtar air the lights came on tháinig na soilse air, las na soilsewhen does the heating come on? cén uair a thagann an teas air?Taispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 (v + adv) expressing disbelief INTRANSITIVEéist verb come on now, that's not true! éist anois, níl sé sin fíor! 4 SPOR (v + adv) of substitute INTRANSITIVEtar isteach she came on for Sinéad tháinig sí isteach in ionad Shinéad 5 THEAT (v + adv) of actor, performer INTRANSITIVEtar amach he came on to the stage tháinig sé amach ar an stáitse 6 (v + adv) appear, be heard, etc INTRANSITIVEthe news comes on at nine bíonn an nuacht ar siúl ag a naoisuddenly this song came on go tobann thosaigh an t-amhrán seoI lifted the phone and my brother came on chroch mé an fón agus mo dheartháir a bhí ann 7 (v + adv) start shift 8 (v + prep) literary encounter TRANSITIVEbuail le PhrV I came on a group of tourists bhuail mé le grúpa turasóirí, casadh grúpa turasóirí dom 9 (v + prep) literary discover TRANSITIVEtar ar PhrV we came on a little stream thángamar ar shruthán beag 10 (v + adv) seem INTRANSITIVEhe comes on a bit slow sometimes déarfá go bhfuil sé ábhairín mall uaireantashe came on very confident bhí cuma an-mhuiníneach uirthi → féach come