Encounter
nnoun.acta minor short-term fightSynset:brush clash skirmish
Derivationally Related Form:encounterskirmish
Hypernyms:combat fight fighting scrap
Inherited Hypernyms:brushfightconflictgroup actionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:brushfightconflictgroup actioneventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:contretemps
Full Hyponyms:contretemps
nnoun.eventa casual or unexpected convergenceSynset:meeting
Examples:- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
Derivationally Related Form:meetencounter
Hypernyms:convergence
Inherited Hypernyms:meetingconvergencehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:alignmentconjunction
Full Hyponyms:conjunctioninferior conjunctionsuperior conjunction
nnoun.acta casual meeting with a person or thingSynset:coming upon
Derivationally Related Form:encounter
Hypernyms:connection connexion joining
Inherited Hypernyms:encounterjoiningchange of integritychangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationa hostile disagreement face-to-faceSynset:confrontation face-off showdown
Derivationally Related Form:confrontconfrontational
Hypernyms:disagreement
Inherited Hypernyms:confrontationdisagreementspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motioncome togetherSynset:come across meet run across run into see
Examples:- I'll probably see you at the meeting
- How nice to see you again!
Derivationally Related Form:encountermeeting
Inherited Hypernyms:meet
Direct Hyponyms:crossintersect
Full Troponyms:crossdecussateintersect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.possessioncome upon, as if by accident; meet withSynset:bump chance find happen
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:encounterfinderfind
Inherited Hypernyms:find
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They --- the money in the closet (apply to: find)
vverb.stativebe beset bySynset:run into
Examples:- The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
Hypernyms:be
Inherited Hypernyms:run intobe
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.stativeexperience as a reactionSynset:meet receive
Examples:- My proposal met with much opposition
Derivationally Related Form:receptive
Hypernyms:experience have
Inherited Hypernyms:meethavechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Something is ---ing PP (apply to: meet) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: meet)
vverb.competitioncontend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battleSynset:meet play take on
Examples:- Princeton plays Yale this weekend
- Charlie likes to play Mary
Derivationally Related Form:meetencounterplayingplay
Inherited Hypernyms:meet
Direct Hyponyms:confrontfacereplay
Entailment:compete contend vie
Full Troponyms:confrontfrontpitreplaytake the bull by the horns
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: meet, play) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: meet, play)