| encounter | | |
| n. (act) | 1. brush, clash, encounter, skirmish | a minor short-term fight. |
| ~ contretemps | an awkward clash.; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman" |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| n. (event) | 2. encounter, meeting | a casual or unexpected convergence.; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" |
| ~ convergence | the occurrence of two or more things coming together. |
| ~ alignment, conjunction | (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac. |
| n. (act) | 3. coming upon, encounter | a casual meeting with a person or thing. |
| ~ joining, connexion, connection | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication).; "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet" |
| n. (communication) | 4. confrontation, encounter, face-off, showdown | a hostile disagreement face-to-face. |
| ~ disagreement | the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. |
| v. (motion) | 5. come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into, see | come together.; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" |
| ~ intersect, cross | meet at a point. |
| ~ foregather, forgather, assemble, gather, meet | collect in one place.; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room" |
| v. (possession) | 6. bump, chance, encounter, find, happen | 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" |
| v. (stative) | 7. encounter, run into | be beset by.; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 8. encounter, meet, receive | experience as a reaction.; "My proposal met with much opposition" |
| ~ experience, have | undergo.; "The stocks had a fast run-up" |
| v. (competition) | 9. encounter, meet, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" |
| ~ compete, vie, contend | compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. |
| ~ play | participate in games or sport.; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
| ~ confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| ~ play | employ in a game or in a specific position.; "They played him on first base" |
| ~ play | use or move.; "I had to play my queen" |
| ~ play | shoot or hit in a particular manner.; "She played a good backhand last night" |
| ~ replay | repeat a game against the same opponent.; "Princeton replayed Harvard" |
| welcome | | |
| n. (state) | 1. welcome | the state of being welcome.; "don't outstay your welcome" |
| ~ acceptance | the state of being acceptable and accepted.; "torn jeans received no acceptance at the country club" |
| n. (communication) | 2. welcome | a greeting or reception.; "the proposal got a warm welcome" |
| ~ greeting, salutation | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). |
| ~ cordial reception, hospitality | kindness in welcoming guests or strangers. |
| ~ inhospitality | unkind and inconsiderate welcome.; "he was taken aback by such inhospitality" |
| ~ glad hand | a warm welcome; may be insincere. |
| v. (possession) | 3. welcome | accept gladly.; "I welcome your proposals" |
| ~ accept, take, have | receive willingly something given or offered.; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" |
| v. (communication) | 4. receive, welcome | bid welcome to; greet upon arrival. |
| ~ greet, recognise, recognize | express greetings upon meeting someone. |
| v. (contact) | 5. welcome | receive someone, as into one's house. |
| ~ receive, take in, invite | express willingness to have in one's home or environs.; "The community warmly received the refugees" |
| adj. | 6. welcome | giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted.; "a welcome relief"; "a welcome guest"; "made the children feel welcome"; "you are welcome to join us" |
| ~ wanted | desired or wished for or sought.; "couldn't keep her eyes off the wanted toy"; "a wanted criminal"; "a wanted poster" |
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