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encounter [n]
 
1)a minor short-term fight
    Synonyms :brush clash skirmish 
    See Also: combat  skirmish  contretemps 
 
2)a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
    Synonyms :meeting 
    See Also: convergence  bump  come_across  alignment 
 
3)a casual meeting with a person of thing
    Synonyms :coming_upon 
    See Also: connection  come_across 
 
4)a hostile disagreement face-to-face
    Synonyms :confrontation face-off showdown 
    See Also: disagreement  confront 
 
encounter [v]
 
1)come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
    Synonyms :come_across meet ran_into run_across see 
    See Also: assemble  coming_upon  meeting  cross 
 
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"
    Synonyms :bump chance find happen 
    See Also: discovery  discoverer 
 
3)be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
    Synonyms :run_into 
    See Also: be 
 
4)experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
    Synonyms :meet receive 
    See Also: experience 
 
5)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 
    See Also: play  compete  period_of_play  playing  brush  meet  confront  play  play  play  replay 
 



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