> 寒くなってきました

I learned the grammar "verb-te + ikimasu/kimasu" which means doing something
and going back or the other. I searched up the grammar and it also means
"becoming/start to". 寒くなって already means becoming cold. What does kimashita
mean in the sentence above?
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What does kimashita means in 寒くなってきました
I think the best English interpretation is "It has started to get cold."

The state of becoming cold has come.
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It means, "it's been getting colder and colder (from the past) until now". On
the other hand, 寒くなっていきます means "it will get colder and colder from now on".
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Both answers that the previos two users replied are correct I think.

To confirm which meaning this sentence implies, we would need more context.
Like for example:

If the sentence looked like this 最近、寒くなってきましたね Then that means that recently
it started getting cold.

However, if it were like this 冬に入ってから、だんだん寒くなってきました Then it would imply a
gradual slow change.

Without context, it could mean any of these meanings.
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