encounter

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• February 10. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — noun — english

  a minor short-term fight

• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — noun — english

  a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — noun — english

  a casual meeting with a person or thing

• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — noun — english

  a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — verb — english

  come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — verb — english

  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"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — verb — english

  be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — verb — english

  experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

• March 22. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  encounter — verb — english

  contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"