"come upon" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: comes upon [present, singular, third-person], coming upon [participle, present], came upon [past], come upon [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> upon}} come upon (third-person singular simple present comes upon, present participle coming upon, simple past came upon, past participle come upon)
  1. To discover or find, especially by chance or accident. Synonyms: come across, encounter, run across, stumble upon Derived forms: come upon the parish, come upon the town Translations (to come across; to discover): tar ar (Irish), imbattersi (Italian), inveniō (Latin), komme over (Norwegian), natknąć się (Polish), натыка́ться (natykátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), наткну́ться (natknútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_upon-en-verb-AxpOIrtt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "upon", English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "upon": 80 20 Disambiguation of English verb forms using redundant wikisyntax: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'to come across; to discover': 94 6
  2. To befall; to affect; to happen to. Translations (to befall; to affect): 𐌱𐌹𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (biqiman) (Gothic), настига́ть (nastigátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), насти́гнуть (nastígnutʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_upon-en-verb-uNrd1xJo Disambiguation of 'to befall; to affect': 2 98

Inflected forms

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