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encounter


I - noun
1. a minor short-term fight (Freq. 7)
Syn:
brush, clash, skirmish
Derivationally related forms:
skirmish (for: skirmish)
Hypernyms:
fight, fighting, combat, scrap
Hyponyms:
contretemps
2. a casual or unexpected convergence (Freq. 4)
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
Syn:
meeting
Derivationally related forms:
meet (for: meeting)
Hypernyms:
convergence
Hyponyms:
conjunction, alignment
3. a casual meeting with a person or thing (Freq. 3)
Syn:
coming upon
Hypernyms:
joining, connection, connexion
4. a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Syn:
confrontation, showdown, face-off
Derivationally related forms:
confrontational (for: confrontation), confront (for: confrontation)
Hypernyms:
disagreement

II - verb
1. come together (Freq. 17)
- I'll probably see you at the meeting
- How nice to see you again!
Syn:
meet, run into, run across, come across, see
Derivationally related forms:
meeting (for: meet)
Hyponyms:
intersect, cross
Verb Group:
meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. come upon, as if by accident;
meet with (Freq. 8)
- 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
Syn:
find, happen, chance, bump
Derivationally related forms:
find (for: find), finder (for: find)
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. be beset by (Freq. 4)
- The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
Syn:
run into
Hypernyms:
be
Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
4. experience as a reaction (Freq. 1)
- My proposal met with much opposition
Syn:
meet, receive
Derivationally related forms:
receptive (for: receive)
Hypernyms:
have, experience
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Something is ----ing PP (for: meet)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: meet)
5. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle (Freq. 1)
- Princeton plays Yale this weekend
- Charlie likes to play Mary
Syn:
meet, play, take on
Derivationally related forms:
play (for: play), playing (for: play), meet (for: meet)
Hyponyms:
confront, face, replay
Verb Group:
play
Entailment:
compete, vie, contend
Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody

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