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Definition of 'come upon' 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) enter upon, come upon, luck into
take possession of
"She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"


Definition of 'come upon' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) come upon
to find or meet by chance


Translation of 'come upon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to meet, find or discover by chance
She came upon a solution to the problem.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: op iets afkom, ontdek Arabic flag Arabic: يُقابِل، يَعْثُر عَلى، يُ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: попадам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: encontrar Czech flag Czech: přijít (na) German flag German: stoßen auf
Danish flag Danish: falde over; støde på Greek flag Greek: συναντώ, ανακαλύπτω τυχαί Spanish flag Spanish: encontrarse con
Estonian flag Estonian: juhuslikult kohtama, (mil Farsi flag Farsi: اتفاقی برخوردن Finnish flag Finnish: tavata, löytää
French flag French: tomber sur Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִפגוֹש Hindi flag Hindi: पाना, खोजना
Croatian flag Croatian: nabasati, naletjeti Hungarian flag Hungarian: ráakad (vkire) Indonesian flag Indonesian: menemukan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hitta/finna, uppgötva af Italian flag Italian: imbattersi Japanese flag Japanese: ~に出くわす
Korean flag Korean: 우연히 만나다, 발견하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: rasti Latvian flag Latvian: nejauši sastapt; atrast
Malay flag Malay: jumpa Dutch flag Dutch: vinden, aantreffen Norwegian flag Norwegian: komme over/på, støte på
Polish flag Polish: natykać się na, odkrywać, Persian flag Persian: اتفاقی برخوردن Pashto flag Pashto: اتفاقن
Portuguese flag Portuguese: encontrar Romanian flag Romanian: a da de/peste Russian flag Russian: случайно натолкнуться
Slovak flag Slovak: pripadnúť na Slovenian flag Slovenian: naleteti na kaj Serbian flag Serbian: naići na
Swedish flag Swedish: träffa (stöta) på Thai flag Thai: พบ Turkish flag Turkish: şans eseri bulmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 偶然遇見或發現 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: випадково зустріти; неспо Urdu flag Urdu: اتفاقاً ملنا ، دریافت کرن
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tình cờ phát hiện ra Chinese flag Chinese: 偶遇,偶然发现

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