hit upon
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.93 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To address.
Example Sentences
- "He hit upon all major concerns during the presentation."
- "So next day the hunting began. I did not know how to shoot, but I proceeded to learn. And when I had expended some thirty shells for three seals, I decided that the ammunition would be exhausted before I acquired the necessary knowledge. I had used eight shells for lighting fires before I hit upon the device of banking the embers with wet moss, and there remained not over a hundred shells in the box."
- "They hit upon the idea of a site that would help users exchange video files."