phrasal verb · neutral
come across
UK/kʌm əˈkrɒs/US/kʌm əˈkrɔːs/come a·CROSS
to find something by chance; to give a particular impression
Examples
“I came across an interesting study while researching my essay.”
“He comes across as confident in interviews.”
“The phrase came across several times in the newspaper.”
Band 8 sentence
“While collecting sources for my dissertation, I came across several archival documents that changed my argument.”
Collocations
- come across research/article
- come across as + adjective
- come across a problem
Word family
Common mistakes
I came across to a mistake in the text.→I came across a mistake in the text.
He came across like very shy.→He came across as very shy.
I was come across an article yesterday.→I came across an article yesterday.
Say it for a higher band
5find→6run into→7+come across
Synonyms
find
seem
Easily confused
run into
“I ran into my former teacher at the conference.”
find
“She found a rare book in the library catalog.”
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