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How to spell came
Came is spelled C-A-M-E.
What it means: To arrive at a place.
In a sentence: She came to the party with a big smile.
Same family: come, coming, comes, arrival, approach. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Came” is the past tense of “come” and comes from Old English “cuman,” meaning to move or arrive. It has stayed very common in everyday English for over a thousand years.
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