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encounter
noun as in brief or unexpected meeting
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in fight, argument
verb as in happen upon
Strongest matches
bear, bump into, come across, come upon, confront, detect, experience, face, find, meet, run into, suffer, turn up
Weak matches
alight upon, chance upon, cross the path, fall in with, hit upon, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run smack into
Example Sentences
When we first encounter Daniel Day-Lewis in “Anemone,” we only see him from the back, but there’s no mistaking him.
It was a significant result for the Red Devils, who had lost 10 and drawn one of their 11 previous league encounters with the Blues.
They encountered many people there who believed their fathers had served at nearby Batuk, the biggest British army base in Africa.
Nothing the American infantrymen encountered battling across Europe and into the German heartland steeled them for what they found at Dachau.
There are changes that make good sense for a series set in 2025, including some gender and ethnic diversity injected into the “Faithful Four,” Maigret’s team of close collaborators, and among the characters they encounter.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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