| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Afrikaner ... yawner: 180 rhymes with ner... | |
| abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | ||
| Meaning | A minor short-term fight. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | run into | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | encontrarse, topar, tropezar | |
| Meaning | Experience as a reaction. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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