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Encounter

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Noun

1. brush, clash, encounter, skirmish

a minor short-term fight

2. encounter, meeting

a casual or unexpected convergence

Example Sentences:
'he still remembers their meeting in Paris'
'there was a brief encounter in the hallway'

3. coming upon, encounter

a casual meeting with a person or thing

4. confrontation, encounter, face-off, showdown

a hostile disagreement face-to-face

Verb

5. come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into, see

come together

Example Sentences:
'I'll probably see you at the meeting'
'How nice to see you again!'

6. bump, chance, encounter, find, happen

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

Example Sentences:
'We find this idea in Plato'
'I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here'
'She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day'

7. encounter, run into

be beset by

Example Sentences:
'The project ran into numerous financial difficulties'

8. encounter, meet, receive

experience as a reaction

Example Sentences:
'My proposal met with much opposition'

9. encounter, meet, play, take on

contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

Example Sentences:
'Princeton plays Yale this weekend'
'Charlie likes to play Mary'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Encounter

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verb
1. 
to come upon or meet casually or unexpectedly
2. 
to come into conflict with (an enemy, army, etc) in battle or contest
3. (transitive)
to be faced with; contend with
he encounters many obstacles in his work
noun
4. 
a meeting with a person or thing, esp when casual or unexpected
5. 
a hostile meeting; contest or conflict

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Encounter

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verb transitive
1. 
to meet unexpectedly; come upon
2. 
to meet in conflict or battle
3. 
to meet with; face (difficulties, trouble, etc.)
verb intransitive
4. 
to meet accidentally or in opposition
noun
5. 
a direct meeting, as in conflict or battle
6. 
a meeting with another, esp. when unexpected or by chance
adjective
7. 
designating or of a small group that meets for a kind of therapy in personal interrelationship, involving a release of inhibitions, an open exchange of intimate feelings, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Encounter

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n.
1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief: a chance encounter in the park.
2. A hostile or adversarial confrontation: a tense naval encounter.
v. en·coun·tered, en·coun·ter·ing, en·coun·ters
v.tr.
1. To meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon: encountered an old friend on the street.
2. To confront in battle or competition: encountered last year's champion.
3. To experience or undergo: We have encountered numerous obstacles.
v.intr.
To meet, especially unexpectedly.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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