encounter | ||
1. | [ verb ] come together | |
Synonyms: | meet see ran_into run_across foregather come_across forgather | |
Examples: | "I'll probably see you at the meeting" "How nice to see you again!" |
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Related terms: | intersect meet | |
2. | [ verb ] come upon, as if by accident; meet with | |
Synonyms: | find hit bump chance happen | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | discovery meeting | |
3. | [ noun ] a minor short-term fight | |
Synonyms: | skirmish clash brush | |
Related terms: | fight contretemps skirmish | |
4. | [ verb ] be beset by | |
Synonyms: | run_into | |
Examples: | "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" |
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Related terms: | be | |
5. | [ noun ] a casual or unexpected convergence | |
Synonyms: | meeting | |
Examples: | "he still remembers their meeting in Paris" "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" |
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Related terms: | convergence conjunction find | |
6. | [ noun ] a casual meeting with a person of thing | |
Synonyms: | coming_upon | |
Related terms: | joining meet | |
7. | [ verb ] experience as a reaction | |
Synonyms: | meet receive | |
Examples: | "My proposal met with much opposition" |
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Related terms: | have | |
8. | [ verb ] contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | |
Synonyms: | meet take_on play | |
Examples: | "Princeton plays Yale this weekend" "Charlie likes to play Mary" |
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Related terms: | confront replay play play play play brush meet compete | |
9. | [ noun ] a hostile disagreement face-to-face | |
Synonyms: | showdown face-off confrontation | |
Related terms: | disagreement confront | |
Similar spelling: |
enchanter enceinte enjoin enjoyment enjoinment enchanted |