COME UPON
Dictionary entry overview: What does come upon mean?
• COME UPON (verb)
The verb COME UPON has 2 senses:
1. find unexpectedly
2. take possession of
Familiarity information: COME UPON used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• COME UPON (verb)
Meaning:
Find unexpectedly
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
light upon; happen upon; fall upon; come upon; come across; chance upon; chance on; attain; discover; strike
Context examples:
the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb / she struck a goldmine / The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
Hypernyms (to "come upon" is one way to...):
find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take possession of
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
enter upon; luck into; come upon
Context example:
She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives
Hypernyms (to "come upon" is one way to...):
acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
