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Results for: "encounter"

Translating from English to Greek

Translations:

encounter — unplanned meeting
→ συνάντηση (synántisi) f
→ συναπάντημα (synapántima) n
encounter — meet or find, especially unexpectedly
→ συναντώ (synantó)

More translations:

encounter
→ συναντώ
encounter
→ αντιμετωπίζω
encounter
→ συνάντηση
encounter
→ σύγκρουση

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (4)

1. a minor short-term fight;
[syn: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish]

2. a casual or unexpected convergence;
- Example: "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"
- Example: "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
[syn: meeting, encounter]

3. a casual meeting with a person or thing;
[syn: encounter, coming upon]

4. a hostile disagreement face-to-face;
[syn: confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off]


VERB (5)

1. come together;
- Example: "I'll probably see you at the meeting"
- Example: "How nice to see you again!"
[syn: meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see]

2. come upon, as if by accident; meet with;
- Example: "We find this idea in Plato"
- Example: "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
- Example: "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
[syn: find, happen, chance, bump, encounter]

3. be beset by;
- Example: "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
[syn: run into, encounter]

4. experience as a reaction;
- Example: "My proposal met with much opposition"
[syn: meet, encounter, receive]

5. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
- Example: "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
- Example: "Charlie likes to play Mary"
[syn: meet, encounter, play, take on]