Encounter
Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Invite and encounter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Invite" instead a verb "Encounter".
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
How words are described
| simple | simple encounter | simple invite |
| sexual | sexual encounter | sexual invite |
| new | new encounter | new invite |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In the Honest Hearts DLC for FalloutNewVegas, when you first encounter Follows-Chalk, he will invite you to go back to his tribal camp with him.
Source: Continue Your Mission, Dammit! -
While going underground you may encounter a Lost Girl which looks and acts as the characters you can rescue to invite them to your town...until you approach her and she turns into a Nymph which can rip you to shreds.
Source: Video Game / Terraria -
He posed as Rogue to invite Gambit over for a G-Rated Sex encounter, but when Gambit stumbled on the real, sleeping Rogue, (as Morph intended) he didn't get any farther than stealing a kiss before all chaos literally broke loose.
Source: Bed Trick
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