Encounter
Encounter noun - A brief clash between enemies or rivals.
Interview and encounter are semantically related in meeting topic. In some cases you can use "Interview" instead a noun "Encounter", when it comes to topics like chance meeting.
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
Interview
Interview noun - The questioning of a person (or a conversation in which information is elicited); often conducted by journalists.
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Synonyms for Interview
Encounter and interview are semantically related in meeting topic. Sometimes you can use "Encounter" instead a noun "Interview".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| special | special encounter | special interview |
| particular | particular encounter | particular interview |
| typical | typical encounter | typical interview |
| brief | brief encounter | brief interview |
| Other adjectives: short, initial, single, awkward, actual, entire, real, dangerous, disastrous, memorable, personal, new, early, later, next, last, recent, earlier, prior, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The author of the Alatriste novels, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, related in an interview his encounter with two screenwriters who wanted to "adapt" his character for the movie screen.
Source: In-Name-Only -
Austin mentioned in an interview that he'd given everyone some kind of identity to "keep encounters fresh", making every encounter with someone more special the first time, since you can't tell who's an NPC, enemy, or recruit.
Source: Video Game / Lisa - An Æon Flux graphic novel called The Heroditus File was released in this format, as a variety of historical texts, letters to and from Trevor Goodchild, interview transcripts, photographs and other fictional sources that document the first encounter between Trevor and Aeon.
Source: Scrapbook Story
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