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encounter - Dictionary definition and meaning for encounter

ENCOUNTER

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  • (noun) a casual meeting with a person or thing

    synonyms : coming upon
  • (noun) a minor short-term fight

    synonyms : brush , clash , skirmish

    He had a skirmish with his landlord about the rent. -added by Administrator

  • (noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face

    synonyms : confrontation , face-off , showdown
  • (noun) a casual or unexpected convergence

    "he still remembers their meeting in Paris", "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

    synonyms : meeting
  • (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

    "Princeton plays Yale this weekend", "Charlie likes to play Mary"

    synonyms : meet , play , take on
  • (verb) come together

    "I'll probably see you at the meeting", "How nice to see you again!"

    synonyms : come across , meet , run across , run into , see
  • (verb) 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"

    synonyms : bump , chance , find , happen
  • (verb) be beset by

    "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

    synonyms : run into
  • (verb) experience as a reaction

    "My proposal met with much opposition"

    synonyms : meet , receive

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

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