Meaning

2 senses

  1. (figuratively)To discover or find something by accident.

    stolpern

    натыка́тьсяnatykátʹsja, наткну́тьсяnatknútʹsja

    натрапля́тиnatrapljáty, натра́питиnatrápyty, натика́тисяnatykátysja

  2. (figuratively)To meet somebody by chance.

Examples

29 sentences

  1. They stumbled upon it by chance.

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  2. Ziri stumbled upon an abandoned house.

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  3. Ziri stumbled upon a shocking video.

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  4. Ziri stumbled upon another abandoned house.

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  5. Ziri stumbled upon an oak tree.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to come across by accident; to discover by accident:
Русский
By meaning 1
to come across by accident; to discover by accident:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to come across by accident; to discover by accident:

Forms

stumbles upon, stumbling upon, stumbled upon, stumbled upon
Base formstumble upon · to stumble upon
3rd person singularstumbles upon
Present participlestumbling upon
Past simplestumbled upon
Past participlestumbled upon

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystumble upon
he, she, itstumbles upon

Past simpleLesson

all personsstumbled upon

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stumble upon

Synonyms

4 synonyms
come acrosscome uponstumble acrossstumble on

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
stuffyC1stumbleB1stumpstunB1
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