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Definition of 'come across'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
find unexpectedly
"the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

2. (verb) come across
be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression

3. (verb) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

4. (verb) come across, come over
communicate the intended meaning or impression
"He came across very clearly"

5. (verb) resonate, come across
be received or understood

Definition of 'come across'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) come across
to find or meet by chance
I came across my old diaries.

2. come across
to seem or appear to be
She comes across as confident.

Translation of 'come across'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to meet or find by chance He came across some old friends.
Afrikaans: raak loop, ontmoet	Arabic: يَلْتَقي بِ، يُصادِف	Bulgarian: натъквам се
Brazilian: encontrar	Czech: narazit na (náhodou)	German: stoßen auf
Danish: støde på; ramle ind i	Greek: συναντώ τυχαία	Spanish: encontrar, tropezarse con
Estonian: juhuslikult kohtama	Farsi: بطور اتفاقی یافتن	Finnish: löytää, tavata sattumalta
French: tomber sur	Hebrew: לִפגוֹש בְּמִקרֶה	Hindi: अचानक मिलना
Croatian: susresti se, nabasati	Hungarian: ráakad (vkire, vmire)	Indonesian: bertemu
Icelandic: rekastá	Italian: imbattersi in	Japanese: ～に出くわす
Korean: 우연히 마주치다	Lithuanian: atsitiktinai sutikti	Latvian: nejauši satikt, atrast
Malay: terjumpa	Dutch: aantreffen	Norwegian: støte på, komme over
Polish: spotykać, natykać się	Persian: بطور اتفاقی یافتن	Pashto: د
Portuguese: encontrar	Romanian: a da de/peste	Russian: случайно встретить
Slovak: náhodne stretnúť	Slovenian: naleteti (na koga)	Serbian: nabasati
Swedish: träffa (råka) på	Thai: พบโดยบังเอิญ	Turkish: karşılaşmak, rastlamak
Taiwanese: 偶然遇見或發現	Ukrainian: випадково зустріти кого;	Urdu: اتفاقاً ملنا
Vietnamese: tình cờ gặp ai hay cái gì	Chinese: 偶然遇见
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