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What does come about mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word come about? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) To come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen.
  2. (intransitive, nautical) To tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking. See also come to.
  3. (intransitive) To change; to come round.
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If today life without the possibility of progress seems insupportable, it is worth asking how this state of affairs has come about.
Part of this irrational anxiety has come about because A is not a very cuddly kid right now.
My father was adamant that change could not come about without a violent revolution and a proletarian dictatorship.
The intelligent design argument counters evolution by claiming some processes are irreducible and couldn't have come about piecemeal.
In Frazer's case we can, I think, see how this process of disillusionment has come about.
Such a change is only likely to come about when the majority of that group is populated by truly computer-literate individuals.

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