Word a Day
hit
What does hit mean?
hit (verb): to administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce hit?
/hɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does hit come from?
Inherited from Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “hit” mean?
to recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory
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to administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile
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put together out of artificial or natural components or parts
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(of a quantity, etc.) to become larger or greater, to greaten
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