Definition of "come across" [come across]

• To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image. (verb)
• To find, usually by accident. (verb)

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• "Suddenly you come across a full-page spread of a strikinglooking woman."
• "Such consistent regulations as “i before e except after c” and “if this is the beginning of the sentence, then there needs to be a capital letter” represent the rules that you invoke when you come across a pattern, such as a word containing the consecutive letters “e” and “i.”"
• "Planning a vacation in southern France, wed come across an advertisement for a chalet with an ocean view and rented itand found, upon arrival, that the chalet was in a trailer park with a scum-covered swimming pool, a broken tennis-court net, and a system for heating hot water that required an engineering degree to understand."