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come upon
Overview of verb come-upon
The verb come upon has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (10) 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. (1) enter upon, come upon, luck into -- (take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives")
Antonyms of verb come-upon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb come-upon
2 senses of come upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> find, regain
=> get, acquire
Sense 2
enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb come-upon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb come-upon
2 senses of come upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> find, regain
Sense 2
enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> get, acquire
'Cause To' of verb come-upon
Derived Forms of verb come-upon
Domain of verb come-upon
Domain Terms of verb come-upon
Familiarity of verb come-upon
come upon used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb come-upon
2 senses of come upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
enter upon, come upon, luck into
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something from somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb come-upon
2 senses of come upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
> find, regain
=> feel
=> locate, turn up
=> fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> rout up, rout out
Sense 2
enter upon, come upon, luck into
> get, acquire
=> isolate
=> win back, get back
=> press out, express, extract
=> capture, catch
=> come by
=> buy, purchase
=> lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take
=> receive, have
=> turn
=> buy
=> find
=> glom
=> enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> line up, get hold, come up, find
=> accept, take, have
=> obtain
=> recover, retrieve, find, regain
=> catch
=> recover, recoup, recuperate
=> reclaim, repossess
=> find, regain
=> acquire, win, gain
=> gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
=> earn, garner
=> profit, gain, benefit
=> partake, share, partake in
=> preempt
=> preempt
=> collect, pick up, gather up, call for
=> inherit, come into
=> borrow
=> pick up
=> get
=> poll
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb come-upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> find, regain
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Sense 2
enter upon, come upon, luck into
=> get, acquire
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