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encounter
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Noun
  • a hostile disagreement face-to-face
  • a casual meeting with a person or thing
  • a casual or unexpected convergence
    • he still remembers their meeting in Paris
    • there was a brief encounter in the hallway
  • a minor short-term fight
Verb
  • contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
    • Princeton plays Yale this weekend
    • Charlie likes to play Mary
  • experience as a reaction
    • My proposal met with much opposition
  • be beset by
    • The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
  • 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
  • come together
    • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    • How nice to see you again!
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