| query | If you h__ someone or something, you deliberately touch them with a lot of force, with your hand or an object held in your hand.If you hit someone or something, you deliberately touch them with a lot of force, with your hand or an object held in your hand. Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard. She hit him hard across his left arm. Police at the scene said the victim had been hit several times in the head. |
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| word | hit |
| full-definition | verb If you hit someone or something, you deliberately touch them with a lot of force, with your hand or an object held in your hand. Find the exact grip that allows you to hit the ball hard. She hit him hard across his left arm. Police at the scene said the victim had been hit several times in the head. When one thing hits another, it touches it with a lot of force. The car had apparently hit a traffic sign before skidding out of control. She hit the last barrier and sprawled across the track. If a bomb or missile hits its target, it reaches it. ...multiple-warhead missiles that could hit many targets at a time. The hospital had been hit with heavy artillery fire. First a house took a direct hit and then the rocket exploded. If something hits a person, place, or thing, it affects them very badly . The plan to charge motorists £75 a year to use the motorway is going to hit me hard. Spain has been hit by storms since the beginning of the week. Special schools were hardest hit. When a feeling or an idea hits you, it suddenly affects you or comes into your mind . It hit me that I had a choice. Then the answer hit me. It had been staring me in the face. If you hit a particular high or low point on a scale of something such as success or health, you reach it. He admits to having hit the lowest point in his life. Oil prices hit record levels yesterday. noun If a CD, film, or play is a hit, it is very popular and successful . The song became a massive hit in 1945. ...the surprise hit video of the year. A hit is a single visit to a website. Our small company has had 78,000 hits on its internet pages. If someone who is searching for information on the internet gets a hit, they find a website where there is that information. |
| inflections | hitshitting |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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