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encounter

/ encounter /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a casual meeting with a person of thing
Type of:
joining connection connexion
Derived:
meet ran into run across come across see
noun Sense 2
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Type of:
disagreement
Derived:
confront
noun Sense 3
a casual or unexpected convergence
"he still remembers their meeting in Paris"
"there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
Type of:
convergence
Kinds of:
conjunction alignment
Derived:
find happen chance bump meet
verb Sense 4
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
"Charlie likes to play Mary"
Kinds of:
confront face replay
Derived:
playing period period of play play playing brush
Verb group:
play
Entails:
compete vie contend
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
be beset by
"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 6
experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
Type of:
have experience
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 7
a minor short-term fight
Type of:
fight fighting combat
Kinds of:
contretemps
Derived:
skirmish meet play take on
verb Sense 8
come together
"I''ll probably see you at the meeting"
"How nice to see you again!"
Kinds of:
intersect cross
Derived:
coming upon meeting
Verb group:
meet gather assemble forgather foregather
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 9
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
"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"
Derived:
meeting discovery find uncovering finder
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
73%
Sense Count
9
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
55
Times Searched
1
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Related Words

joining connection connexion disagreement convergence conjunction alignment confront face replay be have