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encounter

English

🔊 a casual meeting with a person or thing
🔊 a hostile disagreement face-to-face
🔊 a casual or unexpected convergence
“he still remembers their meeting in Paris”
🔊 a minor short-term fight
🔊 contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
“Princeton plays Yale this weekend”
🔊 be beset by
“The project ran into numerous financial difficulties”
🔊 experience as a reaction
“My proposal met with much opposition”
🔊 come together
“I'll probably see you at the meeting”
🔊 come upon, as if by accident
“We find this idea in Plato”