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English to English noun
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a minor short-term fight |  | source: wordnet30
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a casual or unexpected convergence | | Example: he still remembers their meeting in Paris
there was a brief encounter in the hallway
source: wordnet30
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a casual meeting with a person or thing | | source: wordnet30
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a hostile disagreement face-to-face | | source: wordnet30
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A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. | | source: webster1913 verb
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come together | | Example: I'll probably see you at the meeting
How nice to see you again!
source: wordnet30
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come upon, as if by accident; meet with | | Example: 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
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be beset by | | Example: The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
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experience as a reaction | | Example: My proposal met with much opposition
source: wordnet30
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contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle | | Example: Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Charlie likes to play Mary
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To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. | | source: webster1913
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To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. | | source: webster1913
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