Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stumble against

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: stum-ble a-gainst
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To discover or find accidentally.

Transitive verb

verb

To meet (somebody) by chance.

Transitive verb

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stumble, against.

Example Sentences

"That team will probably stumble against their first-round opponents in the tournament."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

stumbles against (present, singular) stumbling against (participle, present) stumbled against (participle, past) stumbled against (past)

Synonyms

bump into run into chance on chance upon come across come upon happen upon stumble across stumble on stumble onto stumble upon

Questions

What does stumble against mean?: To discover or find accidentally.

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