running into

Main Entry:
accost [uh-kawst, uh-kost]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: approach for conversation or solicitation
Synonyms: address, annoy, bother, brace*, buttonhole, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, run into, salute, welcome, whistle for
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun
Main Entry: butt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bang up against with head
Synonyms: batter, buck, buffet, bump, bunt, collide, gore, hook, horn, jab, knock, poke, prod, punch, push, ram, run into, shove, smack, strike, thrust, toss
Main Entry: come
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: extend, reach
Synonyms: add up, aggregate, amount, become, come over, develop, expand, get, go, grow, join, mature, number, run, run into, spread, stretch, sum to, total, turn, wax
Main Entry: encounter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: happen upon
Synonyms: alight upon, bear, bump into, chance upon, close, come across, come upon, confront, cross the path, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, fall in with, find, front, hit upon, meet, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo
Antonyms: avoid, evade, retreat, run away
Main Entry: face
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come up against a situation
Synonyms: abide, accost, affront, allow, be confronted by, bear, beard, bit the bullet, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, cope with, countenance, court, cross, dare, deal with, defy, encounter, endure, experience, eyeball, fight, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, meet, oppose, resist, risk, run into, square off, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off, tolerate, venture, withstand
Antonyms: hide, retreat, run, withdraw
Main Entry: find
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: catch sight of, lay hands on
Synonyms: arrive at, bring to light, bump into, chance upon, collar, come across, come up with*, come upon, corral, descry, detect, dig up, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, expose, fall in with, ferret out, happen upon, hit upon, identify, lay fingers on, light upon, locate, make out, meet, notice, observe, perceive, pinpoint, recognize, recover, run across, run into, scare up, sight, smoke out, spot, strike, stumble upon, track down, trip on, turn up, uncover, unearth
Notes: a find (noun) is a discovery or productive insight - find (verb) means to come upon or discover something; fined means punished by the imposition of a penalty
Antonyms: fail, lose, miss, pass by
Main Entry: hit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: collide, bump into
Synonyms: bang into, buffet, butt, carom, clash, crash, glance, jostle, knock, light, meet, meet head-on, pat, rap, run into, scrape, sideswipe, smash, stumble, tap, thud, thump
Main Entry: meet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: happen on
Synonyms: accost, affront, brush against, bump into, chance on, clash, collide, come across, come up against, confront, contact, cross, dig up, encounter, engage, experience, face, fall in with, find, front, get together, grapple, greet, hit, light, luck*, make a meet, meet face to face, rendezvous with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run up against, salute, see, strike, stumble, touch shoulders, tumble, tussle, wrestle
Antonyms: miss
Main Entry: number
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: count, calculate
Synonyms: account, add, add up, aggregate, amount, come, computer, count heads, count noses, count off, enumerate, estimate, figure in, figure out, include, keep tabs, numerate, reckon, run, run down, run into, run to, sum, take account of, tale, tally, tell, tick off, total, tote, tote up
Notes: use 'amount' with things that cannot be counted but 'number' with things that can be counted
number is regularly used with count nouns, while amount is mainly used with mass nouns: number of mistakes, amount of money
numerals are symbols; numbers are the things that numerals symbolize
Antonyms: estimate, guess
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