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Meaning of encounter
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encounter
n 1: a minor short-term fight [syn: {brush}, {clash},
{encounter}, {skirmish}]
2: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their
meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the
hallway" [syn: {meeting}, {encounter}]
3: a casual meeting with a person or thing [syn: {encounter},
{coming upon}]
4: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: {confrontation},
{encounter}, {showdown}, {face-off}]
v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
nice to see you again!" [syn: {meet}, {run into},
{encounter}, {run across}, {come across}, {see}]
2: 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" [syn: {find}, {happen},
{chance}, {bump}, {encounter}]
3: be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial
difficulties" [syn: {run into}, {encounter}]
4: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}]
5: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play
Mary" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {play}, {take on}]
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
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