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encounter

Definition for encounter

noun as in brief or unexpected meeting

Strongest matches

interview, meeting, rendezvous

Strong matches

appointment, concurrence

noun as in fight, argument

verb as in fight, attack

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Example Sentences

"It's another game, another week but you obviously carry a bit of animosity from previous encounters."

From BBC

Here, ancient people would have encountered a drier, less forested environment—and the sediment core shows charcoal levels rose more modestly than in the more densely forested environment.

"In daily interactions, we often encounter people who could be considered good texters or poor texters," said lead researcher David Fang, BCom, a doctoral student in behavioral marketing at Stanford University.

About 1:50 p.m., the suspect encountered a group of women in a parking lot.

Oxfordshire coroner Nicholas Graham said Mr Rogers had been "ostracised" in the preceding days after a woman expressed discomfort about a sexual encounter between the pair.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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