encounter
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a minor short-term fight
Types & categories
- fighting hypernym
- contretemps hyponym
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Sense 2 verb
come together
I'll probably see you at the meeting
Types & categories
- intersect hyponym
Related & opposite
- coming upon derivation
- encounter derivation
- meeting derivation
- forgather verb group
Sense 3 noun
a casual or unexpected convergence
he still remembers their meeting in Paris
Types & categories
- convergence hypernym
- alignment hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
We find this idea in Plato
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Sense 5 noun
a casual meeting with a person or thing
Types & categories
- joining hypernym
Related & opposite
- encounter derivation
Sense 6 verb
be beset by
The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Types & categories
- disagreement hypernym
Related & opposite
- confront derivation
- confrontational derivation
Sense 8 verb
experience as a reaction
My proposal met with much opposition
Types & categories
- experience hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 verb
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Princeton plays Yale this weekend
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | skirmish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fighting |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contretemps |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coming upon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meeting |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | forgather |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | intersect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | find |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | convergence |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | alignment |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | discovery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | finder |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | joining |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | confront |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | confrontational |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | disagreement |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | receptive |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | playing |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | encounter |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | meet |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | playing period |
| 9 | entails | Related & opposite | compete |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | play |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | play |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | play |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | play |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | confront |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | replay |