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(noun) a casual meeting with a person of thing |
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Synonyms: coming upon |
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Related Words: connecting, connection, connexion, joining |
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(verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" |
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Synonyms: meet, play, take on |
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Related Words: confront, face, replay |
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(verb) be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" |
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Synonyms: run into |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" |
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Synonyms: meet, receive |
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Related Words: experience, have |
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(noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face |
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Synonyms: confrontation, showdown |
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Related Words: disagreement |
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(noun) a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" |
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Synonyms: meeting |
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Related Words: alignment, conjunction, convergence |
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(noun) a minor short-term fight |
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Synonyms: brush, clash, skirmish |
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Related Words: combat, contretemps, fight, fighting |
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(verb) meet; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" |
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Synonyms: come across, foregather, forgather, meet, ran into, run across, see |
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Related Words: cross, intersect |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen, hit |
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