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Princeton's WordNet

  1. fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discoververb

    find unexpectedly

    "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"

  2. come acrossverb

    be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression

  3. meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, seeverb

    come together

    "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

  4. come across, come oververb

    communicate the intended meaning or impression

    "He came across very clearly"

  5. resonate, come acrossverb

    be received or understood

Wiktionary

  1. come acrossverb

    To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image.

  2. come acrossverb

    To find, usually by accident.

Wikipedia

  1. come across

    Bluebottle Kiss, sometimes known as BBK, are an Australian indie rock band formed in Sydney in 1993 by mainstay member Jamie Hutchings on guitar and vocals. The band issued six albums, Higher Up the Firetrails (1995), Fear of Girls (1996), Patient (1999), Revenge Is Slow (2002), Come Across (2003) and Doubt Seeds (2006) before their split in 2007.

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  1. come across

    "Come across" is a phrasal verb that can have several meanings depending on the context. 1. To find or encounter, often by chance or accident. For example, "I came across my old love letters while I was cleaning the attic." 2. To appear or seem. For example, "He comes across as a very kind person." 3. To communicate or deliver, often unintentionally. For example, "I hope I came across as confident during the interview." 4. To provide or give, especially unintentionally. For example, "She finally came across with the information we needed."

Wikidata

  1. Come Across

    Come Across is the fifth album by Australian indie rock band Bluebottle Kiss, released in 2003.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of come across in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of come across in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of come across in a Sentence

  1. Gary King:

    She can be very influential. And she doesn't come across as a bully while she's doing it.

  2. Ellen White:

    You still got to score goals whoever you come across, megan Rapinoe( Morgan) scored five goals against Thailand and some of them goals were absolute screamers to be honest. Congratulations to either Rapinoe or Morgan, whoever gets the Golden Boot, but very happy to have scored six goals this tournament and to have contributed to my team.

  3. Robert Piper:

    The legal arguments we come across we don't believe are particularly strong, the rights of Palestinians in these zones are frankly being denied.

  4. Goliad County Judge Mike Bennett:

    This is not a situation where we're helping these migrants come across. This is a situation where many are dying along the way, there's a lot of carnage left in their wake.

  5. Passenger Emilie Wyrick:

    We'll move for a few hundred yards, then we stop. It's going to be like this for hours, they have to manually switch every signal we come across to ensure the train and any cars that may be crossing are all safe.


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