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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be received or understood
Synonyms:
come across; resonate
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Cause:
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come across"):
strike a chord (create an emotional response)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s Adjective
Sense 2
Meaning:
Communicate the intended meaning or impression
Example:
He came across very clearly
Synonyms:
come across; come over
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "come across" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Come together
Example:
How nice to see you again!
Synonyms:
come across; encounter; meet; run across; run into; see
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Verb group:
assemble; foregather; forgather; gather; meet (collect in one place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come across"):
cross; intersect (meet at a point)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "come across" is one way to...):
appear; look; seem (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
John will come across angry
Sense 5
Meaning:
Find unexpectedly
Example:
The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
Synonyms:
attain; chance on; chance upon; come across; come upon; discover; fall upon; happen upon; light upon; strike
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "come across" is one way to...):
find; regain (come upon after searching; find the location of something that was missed or lost)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
Pitch a new client, for on this day you will be persuasive and come across as reliable, strong, and realistic.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
When I had told him the facts and got his signature to the necessary papers, and had written a letter with them ready to post to Mr. Hawkins, he began to ask me how I had come across so suitable a place.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
With many planets crowded into your work-a-day sector (sixth house), including taskmaster Saturn, transformative Pluto, good-fortune Jupiter, and active Mars, all in earth-sign Capricorn, you will have to come across as practical rather than visionary.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The greatest interest, however, is with regard to the paper found in the bottle, which was to-day produced at the inquest; and a more strange narrative than the two between them unfold it has not been my lot to come across.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
"I come across this book by accident," said the old man. "It just shows you, don't it?"
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
