Meaning

1 senses

  1. (not comparable)Very successful.

    The band played their hit song to the delight of the fans.

Examples

2676 sentences

  1. Yesterday a truck hit this wall.

    Вчора у цю стіну врізалася вантажівка.

    ruВчера в эту стену врезался грузовик.

    deGestern hat ein Lastwagen diese Mauer gerammt.

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  2. I hit on a good idea.

    Мені прийшла до голови добра ідея.

    deIch bin auf eine gute Idee gekommen.

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  3. The car hit a telephone pole.

    Автівка зіткнулась із телеграфним стовпом.

    ruАвтомобиль врезался в телефонный столб.

    deDas Auto fuhr gegen einen Telegrafenmast.

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  4. He was hit by a car.

    Його збила машина.

    ruЕго сбила машина.

    deEr wurde von einem Auto angefahren.

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  5. He hit me in the eye.

    Він ударив мене в око.

    ruОн ударил меня в глаз.

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old Engli

Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hittijaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- (“to fall; fall upon; hit; cut; hew”).

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • hit by a
  • got hit by
  • was hit by
  • hit the ball
  • got hit
  • hit his head
  • going to hit
  • almost got hit
  • hit by lightning
  • almost hit
  • hit a home
  • a truck hit

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
historicallyhistoryA1histrionicC2hitchC2hitchhike
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