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English noun: encounter | |||
| 1. | encounter (act) a minor short-term fight | ||
| Synonyms | brush, clash, skirmish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | combat, fight, fighting, scrap | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | contretemps | ||
| 2. | encounter (event) a casual or unexpected convergence | ||
| Samples | He still remembers their meeting in Paris. There was a brief encounter in the hallway. | ||
| Synonyms | meeting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | convergence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alignment, conjunction | ||
| 3. | encounter (act) a casual meeting with a person or thing | ||
| Synonyms | coming upon | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | connection, connexion, joining | ||
| 4. | encounter (communication) a hostile disagreement face-to-face | ||
| Synonyms | confrontation, face-off, showdown | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreement | ||
English verb: encounter | |||
| 1. | encounter (motion) come together | ||
| Samples | I'll probably see you at the meeting. How nice to see you again!. | ||
| Synonyms | come across, meet, run across, run into, see | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cross, intersect | ||
| Verb group | assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet | ||
| 2. | encounter (possession) come upon, as if by accident; meet with | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| 3. | encounter (stative) be beset by | ||
| Samples | The project ran into numerous financial difficulties. | ||
| Synonyms | run into | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 4. | encounter (stative) experience as a reaction | ||
| Samples | My proposal met with much opposition. | ||
| Synonyms | meet, receive | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, have | ||
| 5. | encounter (competition) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | ||
| Samples | Princeton plays Yale this weekend. Charlie likes to play Mary. | ||
| Synonyms | meet, play, take on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | confront, face, replay | ||
| Entail | compete, contend, vie | ||
| Verb group | play, play, play, play | ||
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