Meaning

2 senses
  1. To address.

    He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation.

  2. (idiomatic)To think of; to discover or invent.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. I hit upon a good idea.

    ruМне пришла в голову хорошая идея.

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  2. She hit upon a good idea.

    ruЕй в голову пришла хорошая идея.

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  3. I hit upon a good idea then.

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  4. He has hit upon a good idea.

    deIhm kam eine gute Idee.

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  5. He finally hit upon a solution to his problem.

    ruОн наконец нашёл решение своей проблемы.

    deEr kam endlich auf eine Lösung seines Problems.

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Forms

hits upon, hitting upon, hit upon, hit upon
Base formhit upon · to hit upon
3rd person singularhits upon
Present participlehitting upon
Past simplehit upon
Past participlehit upon

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhit upon
he, she, ithits upon

Past simpleLesson

all personshit upon

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hit upon
he, she, ithas hit upon

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hit upon

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhit on

See also

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