#1
encounter v. [
meet, run into, run across, come across, see] come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
. wn #2
encounter v. [
find, happen, chance, bump] 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"
. wn #3
encounter n. [
brush, clash, skirmish] a minor short-term fight
. wn #4
encounter n. [
meeting] a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
. wn #5
encounter v. [
run into] be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
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