Encounter
Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: quite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe
Light upon and encounter are semantically related In some cases you can use "Light upon" instead a verb "Encounter".
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
Light upon
Light upon verb - Find unexpectedly.
Encounter and light upon are semantically related in find topic. You can use "Encounter" instead a verb "Light upon", if it concerns topics such as happen upon, lay hands on.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- strike and encounter
- strike and light upon
- see and encounter
- see and light upon
- bump and encounter
- bump and light upon
- detect and encounter
- detect and light upon
- discover and encounter
- discover and light upon
- find and encounter
- find and light upon
- come across and encounter
- come across and light upon
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