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Encounter

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Definitions for Encounter

noun
a minor short-term fight
Synonyms
brush clash skirmish
noun
a casual or unexpected convergence
Synonyms
meeting
Examples
  1. he still remembers their meeting in Paris
  2. there was a brief encounter in the hallway
noun
a casual meeting with a person or thing
Synonyms
coming upon
noun
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Synonyms
confrontation showdown face-off
verb
come together
Synonyms
meet run into run across come across see
Examples
  1. I'll probably see you at the meeting
  2. How nice to see you again!
verb
come upon, as if by accident
Synonyms
find happen chance bump
Examples
  1. meet with
  2. We find this idea in Plato
  3. I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
  4. She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day
verb
be beset by
Synonyms
run into
Examples
  1. The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
verb
experience as a reaction
Synonyms
meet receive
Examples
  1. My proposal met with much opposition
verb
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Synonyms
meet play take on
Examples
  1. Princeton plays Yale this weekend
  2. Charlie likes to play Mary

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