Encounter
Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Sight and encounter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sight" instead a verb "Encounter".
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
How words are described
| special | special encounter | special sight |
| similar | similar encounter | similar sight |
| normal | normal encounter | normal sight |
| common | common encounter | common sight |
| Other adjectives: brief, direct, regular, future, proper, disturbing, actual, interesting, strange, bizarre, last, uncommon, aforementioned, terrifying. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Not all of them will attack you on sight, but if you encounter one that will, you'd better run.
Source: Beef Gate -
Even better, it's a dragon, which previous game manuals had included as a potential encounter as a Running Gag, suggesting that you run at the fight sight of one.
Source: Grand Finale - You can also encounter him in almost any area, at the least expected moment... and he'll just kill everyone in sight.
Source: Final Boss Preview
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