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Meaning of encounter

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  encounter
      n 1: a minor short-term fight [syn: {brush}, {clash},
           {encounter}, {skirmish}]
      2: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their
         meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the
         hallway" [syn: {meeting}, {encounter}]
      3: a casual meeting with a person or thing [syn: {encounter},
         {coming upon}]
      4: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: {confrontation},
         {encounter}, {showdown}, {face-off}]
      v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
           nice to see you again!" [syn: {meet}, {run into},
           {encounter}, {run across}, {come across}, {see}]
      2: 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" [syn: {find}, {happen},
         {chance}, {bump}, {encounter}]
      3: be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial
         difficulties" [syn: {run into}, {encounter}]
      4: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
         opposition" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {receive}]
      5: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
         "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play
         Mary" [syn: {meet}, {encounter}, {play}, {take on}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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