VERB | motion | encounter, meet, run into, run across, come across, see | come together |
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possession | encounter, find, happen, chance, bump | come upon, as if by accident | |
stative | encounter, run into | be beset by | |
stative | encounter, meet, receive | experience as a reaction | |
competition | encounter, meet, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle | |
NOUN | act | encounter, brush, clash, skirmish | a minor short-term fight |
event | encounter, meeting | a casual or unexpected convergence | |
act | encounter, coming upon | a casual meeting with a person or thing | |
communication | encounter, confrontation, showdown, face-off | a hostile disagreement face-to-face |
Sounds | ihnkaw'ner; ihnkaw'nter | |
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Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... | |
abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A minor short-term fight. | |
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Synonyms | brush, clash, skirmish | |
Narrower | contretemps | An awkward clash |
Broader | fight, fighting, combat, scrap | The act of fighting |
Spanish | encuentro, enfrentamiento, escaramuza, refriega, riña, roce, trifulca, zalagarda | |
Catalan | batussa, escaramussa, topada, xoc | |
Verbs | encounter | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
Meaning | A casual or unexpected convergence. | |
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Example | "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" | |
Synonym | meeting | |
Narrower | conjunction, alignment | (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac |
Broader | convergence | The occurrence of two or more things coming together |
Spanish | acercamiento, encuentro | |
Catalan | encontre | |
Verbs | encounter | come upon, as if by accident |
Meaning | A casual meeting with a person or thing. | |
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Synonym | coming upon | |
Broader | joining, connection, connexion | The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) |
Spanish | encuentro | |
Verbs | encounter | come together |
Meaning | A hostile disagreement face-to-face. | |
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Synonyms | confrontation, showdown, face-off | |
Broader | disagreement | The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
Spanish | cara a cara, conflicto, confrontación, encontronazo, encuentro, enfrentamiento, pugna | |
Catalan | conflicte, confrontació, enfrontament, topada |
Meaning | Come together. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | meet, run into, run across, come across, see | |
Narrower | intersect, cross | meet / meet at a point |
Similar to | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
Spanish | conocer, converger, encontrarse, encontrar, reunirse | |
Catalan | conèixer, reunir-se, trobar-se, trobar | |
Nouns | encounter | a casual meeting with a person or thing |
Meaning | come upon, as if by accident; meet with. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | find, happen, chance, bump | |
Spanish | dar, encontrarse, encontrar, hallar, tropezar | |
Catalan | ensopegar, trobar-se, trobar | |
Nouns | encounter | a casual or unexpected convergence |
Meaning | Be beset by. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonym | run into | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Spanish | encontrarse, topar, tropezar |
Meaning | Experience as a reaction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | meet, receive | |
Broader | have, experience | Undergo |
Spanish | encontrarse, encontrar, recibirse, recibir |
Meaning | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | meet, play, take on | |
Entails | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
Narrower | confront, face | Oppose, as in hostility or a competition |
replay | repeat a game / game / game against the same opponent | |
Similar to | play | participate in games / games or sport |
play | Shoot or hit in a particular manner | |
play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position | |
play | Use or move | |
Spanish | enfrentarse, enfrentar, jugar | |
Catalan | enfrontar-se, jugar | |
Nouns | encounter | a minor short-term fight |
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