"hit upon" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "hit upon (third-person singular simple present hits upon, present participle hitting upon, simple past and past participle hit upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hit on"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To address."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_upon-en-verb-EwphBej0",
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"upon\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006 October 10, Miguel Helft, Matt Richtel, “Venture Firm Shares a YouTube Jackpot”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To think of; to discover or invent."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_upon-en-verb-WmMQ-IhI",
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ],
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ],
        [
          "invent",
          "invent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To think of; to discover or invent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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  ],
  "word": "hit upon"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"upon\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits upon",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit upon",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit upon",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> upon"
      },
      "expansion": "hit upon (third-person singular simple present hits upon, present participle hitting upon, simple past and past participle hit upon)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "hit on"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To address."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "address",
          "address"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006 October 10, Miguel Helft, Matt Richtel, “Venture Firm Shares a YouTube Jackpot”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To think of; to discover or invent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ],
        [
          "discover",
          "discover"
        ],
        [
          "invent",
          "invent"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To think of; to discover or invent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "hit upon"
}