| 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" |
| meeting | | |
| n. (group) | 1. group meeting, meeting | a formally arranged gathering.; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson" |
| ~ assemblage, gathering | a group of persons together in one place. |
| ~ board meeting, committee meeting | a meeting for administrative purposes. |
| ~ camp meeting | religious (usually evangelistic) meeting held in a large tent or outdoors and lasting several days. |
| ~ caucus | a closed political meeting. |
| ~ conclave | a confidential or secret meeting. |
| ~ conference | a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda). |
| ~ congress | a meeting of elected or appointed representatives. |
| ~ convention | a large formal assembly.; "political convention" |
| ~ council | a meeting of people for consultation.; "emergency council" |
| ~ forum | a public meeting or assembly for open discussion. |
| ~ plenum | a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present.; "the plenum will vote on all tax increases" |
| ~ psychotherapy group | a meeting of people for psychotherapeutic purposes. |
| ~ stockholders meeting | a meeting at which the management reports to the stockholders of a company. |
| ~ summit meeting, summit | a meeting of heads of governments. |
| ~ town meeting | a meeting of the inhabitants of a town. |
| n. (group) | 2. get together, meeting | a small informal social gathering.; "there was an informal meeting in my living room" |
| ~ social affair, social gathering | a gathering for the purpose of promoting fellowship. |
| ~ conventicle | a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship. |
| ~ appointment, engagement, date | a meeting arranged in advance.; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date" |
| ~ visit | a meeting arranged by the visitor to see someone (such as a doctor or lawyer) for treatment or advice.; "he scheduled a visit to the dentist" |
| ~ lunch meeting, luncheon meeting | a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating. |
| ~ power breakfast | a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast. |
| ~ seance, sitting, session | a meeting of spiritualists.; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" |
| n. (act) | 3. coming together, meeting | the social act of assembling for some common purpose.; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" |
| ~ gathering, assemblage, assembly | the social act of assembling.; "they demanded the right of assembly" |
| ~ rendezvous | a meeting planned at a certain time and place. |
| ~ session | a meeting devoted to a particular activity.; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" |
| ~ socialising, socializing, socialisation, socialization | the act of meeting for social purposes.; "there was too much socialization with the enlisted men" |
| ~ visit | the act of going to see some person in a professional capacity.; "a visit to the dentist" |
| ~ visit | the act of visiting in an official capacity (as for an inspection). |
| ~ visit | the act of going to see some person or place or thing for a short time.; "he dropped by for a visit" |
| n. (act) | 4. coming together, meeting, merging | the act of joining together as one.; "the merging of the two groups occurred quickly"; "there was no meeting of minds" |
| ~ converging, convergency, convergence | the act of converging (coming closer). |
| ~ concourse, confluence | a coming together of people. |
| n. (location) | 5. confluence, meeting | a place where things merge or flow together (especially rivers).; "Pittsburgh is located at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers" |
| ~ geographic point, geographical point | a point on the surface of the Earth. |
| ~ river | a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek).; "the river was navigable for 50 miles" |
| 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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