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happen upon
Overview of verb happen-upon
The verb happen upon has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover -- (find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake")
Antonyms of verb happen-upon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb happen-upon
1 sense of happen upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> find, regain
=> get, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb happen-upon
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb happen-upon
1 sense of happen upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> find, regain
'Cause To' of verb happen-upon
Derived Forms of verb happen-upon
Domain of verb happen-upon
Domain Terms of verb happen-upon
Familiarity of verb happen-upon
happen upon used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb happen-upon
1 sense of happen upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb happen-upon
1 sense of happen upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
> find, regain
=> feel
=> locate, turn up
=> fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> rout up, rout out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb happen-upon
Sense 1
fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover
=> find, regain
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