Encounter
Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Spot and encounter are semantically related In some cases you can use "Spot" instead a verb "Encounter".
Nearby Words: encountered, encountering
How words are described
| high | high encounter | high spot |
| special | special encounter | special spot |
| particular | particular encounter | particular spot |
| similar | similar encounter | similar spot |
| Other adjectives: specific, brief, regular, original, single, real, unfortunate, dangerous, little, bad, new, major, possible, next, last, occasional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Campbell's story "The Brain Stealers of Mars", Ted Penton and Rod Blake encounter shapeshifting aliens who impersonate them, and they have to spot the imposters.
Source: Speak in Unison -
Batman only survives the encounter by studying Kyoudai's practice dummy, finding the spot that has been poked repeatedly, and adding an armor plate beneath his suit.
Source: Finger Poke of Doom -
The new AI in the HD version fixes some of these problems: Old AI players will often send their armies to attack in the form of long columns of units single-mindedly marching towards one spot, totally oblivious to any enemy armies they encounter along the way.
Source: Video Game / Age of Empires II
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