come upon

Etymology: [ 'k&m ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English cuman; akin to Old High German queman to come, Latin venire, Greek bainein to walk, go.

Synonyms: bump into, chance, come across, encounter, meet

English - Turkish translation for "come upon"

• come upon: karşılaşmak
• come upon: -e rastlamak
• come upon: hücum et
• come upon: rast gelmek
• come upon: hazırlıksız yakalamak Dilbilim
• come upon: rastgelmek Dilbilim
• come upon: üstüne gelmek
• come upon: hücum etmek
• come upon: gafil avlamak
• come upon: saldırmak
• come upon: rastlamak
• come upon: aniden saldırmak Dilbilim
• come upon: basmak

English - English translation for "come upon"

• come upon: To come across; to encounter; to stumble upon; to discover or find, especially by chance or accident - "Kala sometimes talked with the older females about her young hopeful, but none of them could understand how a child could be so slow and backward in learning to care for itself. Why, it could not even find food alone, and more than twelve moons had passed since Kala had come upon it."
• come upon: To befall; to affect; to happen to - "I pray no harm will come upon you."
• come upon: take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"
• come upon: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
• come upon: If you come upon someone or something, you meet them or find them by chance. I came upon an irresistible item at a yard sale. = come across
• come upon: If an attitude or feeling comes upon you, it begins to affect you. A sense of impending doom came upon all of us
• come upon: find, discover; happen upon, bump into, find by chance