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encounter
Overview of noun encounter
The noun encounter has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (7) brush, clash, encounter, skirmish -- (a minor short-term fight)
2. (4) meeting, encounter -- (a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway")
3. (3) encounter, coming upon -- (a casual meeting with a person of thing)
4. confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off -- (a hostile disagreement face-to-face)
Overview of verb encounter
The verb encounter has 5 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (18) meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see -- (come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!")
2. (8) find, happen, chance, bump, encounter -- (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")
3. (4) run into, encounter -- (be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties")
4. (1) meet, encounter, receive -- (experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition")
5. (1) meet, encounter, play, take on -- (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun encounter
4 senses of encounter
Sense 1
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
=> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
=> conflict, struggle, battle
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
meeting, encounter
=> convergence
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
encounter, coming upon
=> joining, connection, connexion
=> change of integrity
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
=> disagreement
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun encounter
2 of 4 senses of encounter
Sense 1
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
=> contretemps
Sense 2
meeting, encounter
=> conjunction, alignment
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun encounter
4 senses of encounter
Sense 1
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
=> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
Sense 2
meeting, encounter
=> convergence
Sense 3
encounter, coming upon
=> joining, connection, connexion
Sense 4
confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
=> disagreement
Antonyms of noun encounter
Member Holonyms of noun encounter
Substance Holonyms of noun encounter
Part Holonyms of noun encounter
Member Meronyms of noun encounter
Substance Meronyms of noun encounter
Part Meronyms of noun encounter
Meronyms of noun encounter
Holonyms of noun encounter
Attributes of noun encounter
Derived Forms of noun encounter
3 of 4 senses of encounter
Sense 1
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
RELATED TO>(verb) encounter#5
=> meet, encounter, play, take on
Sense 2
meeting, encounter
RELATED TO>(verb) encounter#2
=> find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
Sense 3
encounter, coming upon
RELATED TO>(verb) encounter#1
=> meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
Domain of noun encounter
Domain Terms of noun encounter
Familiarity of noun encounter
encounter used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun encounter
4 senses of encounter
Sense 1
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
=> gunfight, gunplay, shootout
=> brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
=> close-quarter fighting
=> dogfight
=> fencing
=> in-fighting
=> set-to
=> shock, impact
=> hassle, scuffle, tussle, dogfight, rough-and-tumble
=> duel, affaire d'honneur
=> fistfight, fisticuffs, slugfest
=> battering, banging
=> beating, whipping
=> affray, disturbance, fray, ruffle
=> brawl, free-for-all
=> knife fight, snickersnee, cut-and-thrust
=> rumble, gang fight
=> single combat
Sense 2
meeting, encounter
> convergence
=> meeting, encounter
Sense 3
encounter, coming upon
> joining, connection, connexion
=> hit
=> interconnection
=> intersection
=> approximation, bringing close together
=> concatenation
=> convergence, converging, convergency
=> encounter, coming upon
=> articulation
=> junction, adjunction
=> fastening, attachment
Sense 4
confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
> disagreement
=> confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
=> dissidence
=> dissent
=> nonconformity
=> discord, dissension
=> dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict
Meronyms of noun encounter
4 senses of encounter
Sense 1
brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
=> fight, fighting, combat, scrap
HAS PART: blow
Holonyms of noun encounter
Grep of noun encounter
encounter
encounter group
Antonyms of verb encounter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb encounter
5 senses of encounter
Sense 1
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
Sense 2
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
Sense 3
run into, encounter
=> be
Sense 4
meet, encounter, receive
=> have, experience
=> change
Sense 5
meet, encounter, play, take on
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb encounter
2 of 5 senses of encounter
Sense 1
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
=> intersect, cross
Sense 5
meet, encounter, play, take on
=> confront, face
=> replay
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb encounter
5 senses of encounter
Sense 1
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
Sense 2
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
Sense 3
run into, encounter
=> be
Sense 4
meet, encounter, receive
=> have, experience
Sense 5
meet, encounter, play, take on
'Cause To' of verb encounter
Derived Forms of verb encounter
3 of 5 senses of encounter
Sense 1
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
RELATED TO>(noun) encounter#3
=> encounter, coming upon
Sense 2
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
RELATED TO>(noun) encounter#2
=> meeting, encounter
Sense 5
meet, encounter, play, take on
RELATED TO>(noun) encounter#1
=> brush, clash, encounter, skirmish
Domain of verb encounter
Domain Terms of verb encounter
Familiarity of verb encounter
encounter used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb encounter
5 senses of encounter
Sense 1
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
run into, encounter
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
meet, encounter, receive
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
meet, encounter, play, take on
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb encounter
2 of 5 senses of encounter
Sense 3
run into, encounter
> be
=> look
=> suffer, hurt
=> be well
=> suffer
=> feel
=> stay, remain, rest
=> continue
=> sparkle, scintillate, coruscate
=> confuse, throw, fox, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, confound, discombobulate
=> rank
=> point
=> want, need, require
=> compact, pack
=> rest
=> cut
=> seethe, boil
=> mope, moon around, moon about
=> look, appear, seem
=> appear, seem
=> owe
=> belong
=> cover
=> represent
=> account
=> cut across
=> begin, start
=> begin
=> stand
=> specify, define, delineate, delimit, delimitate
=> go
=> make sense, add up
=> consist, comprise
=> prove, turn out, turn up
=> account for
=> remain
=> stand by, stick by, stick, adhere
=> loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around
=> total, number, add up, come, amount
=> count, matter, weigh
=> rate
=> deserve, merit
=> buy
=> shine
=> fall
=> depend
=> underlie
=> stink
=> subtend, delimit
=> incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
=> contain, take, hold
=> cost, be
=> measure
=> hum, buzz, seethe
=> pass
=> abound
=> disagree, disaccord, discord
=> gape, yawn, yaw
=> tend, be given, lean, incline, run
=> run, go
=> figure, enter
=> press
=> rage
=> relate, interrelate
=> rut
=> stagnate
=> stagnate
=> come in handy
=> squat
=> hoodoo
=> impend
=> range, run
=> stay, stay on, continue, remain
=> sell
=> translate
=> head, head up
=> come in for
=> compare
=> fall, come
=> run into, encounter
=> gravitate
=> pay
=> diverge
=> shine
=> iridesce
=> lie
=> stand
=> hang
=> litter
=> suit
=> end, terminate
=> fit
=> lend
=> let go
=> belong
=> belong
=> wind, twist, curve
=> jumble, mingle
=> promise
=> accept, take
=> clean
=> draw
=> wash
=> balance
=> hail, come
=> act
=> test
=> seem
=> answer
=> beat
=> hold
=> contain
=> connect
=> sell
=> sell
=> kill
=> make
=> deck, adorn, decorate, grace, embellish, beautify
=> consist
=> work
=> lubricate
=> breathe
=> trim
=> swing
=> osculate
=> retard
=> transplant
=> cohere
=> object
=> stick
=> recognize
=> distribute
=> put out
Sense 4
meet, encounter, receive
> have, experience
=> meet, encounter, receive
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb encounter
Sense 1
meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see
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Sense 2
find, happen, chance, bump, encounter
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Sense 3
run into, encounter
=> be
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Sense 4
meet, encounter, receive
=> have, experience
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Sense 5
meet, encounter, play, take on
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Grep of verb encounter
encounter
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