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Meaning of hit upon | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To address.
  2. To think of; to discover or invent.

Equivalents

العربية حكم وجد
Gàidhlig amais
Polski wpadać wpaść

Examples

“He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.”
“So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon the device of banking the embers with wet moss, and there remained not over a hundred shells in the box.”
“They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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