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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkaʊntə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪŋˈkaʊntə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ [General-American], /ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-encounter.ogg Forms: encounters [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encountren}} Middle English encountren, {{der|en|xno|encountrer}} Anglo-Norman encountrer, {{der|en|fro|encontrer|t=to confront}} Old French encontrer (“to confront”), {{der|en|LL.|incontrā|t=in front of}} Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”), {{der|en|la|in|t=in}} Latin in (“in”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} encounter (plural encounters)
  1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected. Translations (unplanned meeting): сустрэ́ча (sustréča) [feminine] (Belarusian), случайна среща (slučajna srešta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), сре́ща (sréšta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), trobada [feminine] (Catalan), 遇見 (Chinese Mandarin), 遇见 (yùjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 偶遇 (ǒuyù) (Chinese Mandarin), setkání [neuter] (Czech), (ongeplande) ontmoeting (Dutch), treffen [neuter] (Dutch), renkonto (Esperanto), kohtumine (Estonian), kohtaaminen (Finnish), rencontre [feminine] (French), encontro [masculine] (Galician), Begegnung [feminine] (German), Treffen [neuter] (German), συνάντηση (synántisi) [feminine] (Greek), συναπάντημα (synapántima) [neuter] (Greek), találkozás (Hungarian), 出会い (deai) (alt: であい) (Japanese), средба (sredba) [feminine] (Macedonian), spotkanie [neuter] (Polish), encontro inesperado [masculine] (Portuguese), случа́йная встре́ча (slučájnaja vstréča) [feminine] (Russian), встре́ча (vstréča) [feminine] (Russian), coinneachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), сусрет [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), susret [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), stretnutie [neuter] (Slovak), srečanje [neuter] (Slovene), зу́стріч (zústrič) [feminine] (Ukrainian), באַגעגעניש (bagegenish) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-encounter-en-noun-q-jXoziT Disambiguation of 'unplanned meeting': 48 34 2 10 5 2
  2. A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants. Synonyms (hostile meeting): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmish Translations (hostile meeting): encontre [masculine] (Catalan), botsing (Dutch), confrontatie (Dutch), treffen [neuter] (Dutch), yhteenotto (Finnish), contenda [feminine] (Galician), मुक़ाबला (muqāblā) [masculine] (Hindi), összecsapás (Hungarian), comrac [neuter] (Old Irish), confronto [masculine] (Portuguese), столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) [neuter] (Russian), сты́чка (stýčka) [feminine] (Russian), схва́тка (sxvátka) [feminine] (Russian), бой (boj) [masculine] (Russian), stret (Slovak)
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  3. (sports) A match between two opposing sides. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-encounter-en-noun-423dIGhu Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Middle English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 13 11 11 21 7 10 3 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 8 11 11 9 22 7 9 3 3 17 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (sexuality) A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between people not in a sexual relationship, that usually does not lead to the establishment of a relationship, and may or may not happen again. A sexual encounter could be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is a sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand. Categories (topical): Sexuality
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  5. (sciences) The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives. Categories (topical): Sciences
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18 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 4 9 8 13 22 8 8 4 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 4 10 8 10 26 9 9 3 3 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 11 7 11 20 12 7 2 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 11 10 10 29 2 11 3 3 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Javanese translations: 4 13 8 11 23 7 9 3 3 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Kabuverdianu translations: 3 10 8 10 31 3 12 2 2 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 4 12 8 11 23 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 11 10 10 29 2 11 3 3 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 3 10 8 9 28 6 11 2 2 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 4 13 8 11 23 7 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 8 7 12 21 13 9 2 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 8 11 11 9 22 7 9 3 3 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Irish translations: 6 13 8 11 22 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 4 12 8 16 21 11 7 2 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 12 8 11 21 8 8 3 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 4 15 10 11 21 7 8 2 2 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Punjabi translations: 4 12 8 11 23 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 4 12 8 11 23 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 11 10 10 29 2 11 3 3 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 4 15 8 11 22 7 8 3 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 4 12 8 11 23 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 4 13 8 11 23 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 4 13 8 11 23 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 11 9 10 28 2 11 3 3 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 12 8 11 23 7 8 2 2 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 4 12 8 10 27 7 8 2 2 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 4 12 8 11 23 8 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 4 13 8 11 23 7 8 3 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 4 9 8 13 23 11 8 2 2 19 Topics: sciences
  6. (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution. Tags: India
    Sense id: en-encounter-en-noun-6Irf0jJT Categories (other): Indian English, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 4 13 8 15 20 10 7 2 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 3 11 7 11 20 12 7 2 5 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 8 7 12 21 13 9 2 4 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 4 12 8 16 21 11 7 2 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 4 9 8 13 23 11 8 2 2 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: close encounter, encounter group, marriage encounter, random encounter

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈkaʊntə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪŋˈkaʊntə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ [General-American], /ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-encounter.ogg Forms: encounters [present, singular, third-person], encountering [participle, present], encountered [participle, past], encountered [past]
Rhymes: -aʊntə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|encountren}} Middle English encountren, {{der|en|xno|encountrer}} Anglo-Norman encountrer, {{der|en|fro|encontrer|t=to confront}} Old French encontrer (“to confront”), {{der|en|LL.|incontrā|t=in front of}} Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”), {{der|en|la|in|t=in}} Latin in (“in”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} encounter (third-person singular simple present encounters, present participle encountering, simple past and past participle encountered)
  1. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly. Tags: transitive Synonyms: cross paths Translations (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly): ἀπαντάω (apantáō) (Ancient Greek), صَادَفَ (ṣādafa) (Arabic), لَاقَى (lāqā) (Arabic), عَثَرَ (ʕaṯara) (Arabic), срещам случайно (sreštam slučajno) (Bulgarian), 遇到 (yùdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 遇見 (Chinese Mandarin), 遇见 (yùjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), potkat (Czech), objevit (Czech), narazit na (Czech), ontmoeten (Dutch), stuiten op (Dutch), botsen op (Dutch), treffen (Dutch), renkonti (Esperanto), kohdata (Finnish), rencontrer (French), encontrar (Galician), atopar (Galician), treffen (German), begegnen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gamōtjan) (Gothic), συναντώ (synantó) (Greek), összetalálkozik (Hungarian), belebotlik (Hungarian), 出会う (deau) (alt: であう) (Japanese), 遭遇する (sōgū suru) (Japanese), 遭う (au) (alt: あう) (Japanese), pranggul (Javanese), mrangguli (Javanese), atxa (Kabuverdianu), otxá (Kabuverdianu), 만나다 (mannada) (Korean), 부닥치다 (budakchida) (Korean), 맞닥뜨리다 (matdaktteurida) (note: of something negative) (Korean), nanciscor (Latin), invenio (Latin), zmakaś [perfective] (Lower Sorbian), aȝeinen (Middle English), راستلامق (Ottoman Turkish), encontrar (Portuguese), deparar-se com (Portuguese), ਟਕਰਾਉਣ (ṭakrāuṇa) [Gurmukhi] (Punjabi), ٹکراوݨ (ṭkrāvṇ) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), a întâlni (Romanian), встре́тить (vstrétitʹ) (alt: неожиданно/случайно) [perfective] (Russian), столкну́ться (stolknútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), встре́титься (vstrétitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), stretnúť (Slovak), encontrar (Spanish), stöta på (Swedish), anträffa (Swedish), möta (Swedish), rastlamak (Turkish), bắt gặp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-encounter-en-verb-ic8PUL1m Disambiguation of 'meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly': 97 1 1 1
  2. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face. Tags: transitive Translations (confront (someone or something)): сблъсквам се (sblǎskvam se) (Bulgarian), ontmoeten (Dutch), oog in oog staan met (Dutch), alfronti (Esperanto), ottaa yhteen (Finnish), αντιμετωπίζω (antimetopízo) (Greek), confrontar (Portuguese), deparar-se com (Portuguese), a întâlni (Romanian), ната́лкиваться (alt: на трудности) [imperfective] (Russian), столкну́ться (alt: с трудностями) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-encounter-en-verb-G7x19XTo Disambiguation of 'confront (someone or something)': 5 86 6 4
  3. (transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (engage in conflict): излизам насреща на (izlizam nasrešta na) (Bulgarian), confronteren (Dutch), het hoofd bieden (Dutch), kontraŭbatali (Esperanto), συμπλέκομαι (symplékomai) (Greek), összetűzésbe keveredik (Hungarian), confrontar (Portuguese), ста́лкиваться (stálkivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), име́ть столкнове́ние (imétʹ stolknovénije) [imperfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-encounter-en-verb-39nUNN80 Disambiguation of 'engage in conflict': 2 2 92 4
  4. (transitive, India) To execute someone extrajudicially. Tags: India, transitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: encountre, incountre, incounter [obsolete] Derived forms: reencounter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly."
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          "roman": "lāqā",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "لَاقَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕaṯara",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "عَثَرَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sreštam slučajno",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "срещам случайно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yùdào",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "遇到"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "遇見"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yùjiàn",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "遇见"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "potkat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "objevit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "narazit na"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "ontmoeten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "stuiten op"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "botsen op"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "treffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "renkonti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "kohdata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "rencontrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "encontrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "atopar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "treffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "begegnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gamōtjan",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "synantó",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "συναντώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "apantáō",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "ἀπαντάω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "összetalálkozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "belebotlik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "alt": "であう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "deau",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "出会う"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sōgū suru",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "遭遇する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "alt": "あう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "au",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "遭う"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "pranggul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "mrangguli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "atxa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "kea",
          "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "otxá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mannada",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "만나다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "budakchida",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "부닥치다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "note": "of something negative",
          "roman": "matdaktteurida",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "맞닥뜨리다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "nanciscor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "invenio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "aȝeinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "راستلامق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "encontrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "deparar-se com"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "ṭakrāuṇa",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "tags": [
            "Gurmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "ਟਕਰਾਉਣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "ṭkrāvṇ",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "ٹکراوݨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "a întâlni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "alt": "неожиданно/случайно",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vstrétitʹ",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "встре́тить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stolknútʹsja",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "столкну́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vstrétitʹsja",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "встре́титься"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "stretnúť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zmakaś"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "encontrar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "stöta på"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "anträffa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "möta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "rastlamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 1 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
          "word": "bắt gặp"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To confront (someone or something) face to face."
      ],
      "id": "en-encounter-en-verb-G7x19XTo",
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        [
          "confront",
          "confront"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sblǎskvam se",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "сблъсквам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "ontmoeten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "oog in oog staan met"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
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          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "alfronti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "ottaa yhteen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "antimetopízo",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "αντιμετωπίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "confrontar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "deparar-se com"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "word": "a întâlni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "alt": "на трудности",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ната́лкиваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 86 6 4",
          "alt": "с трудностями",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "столкну́ться"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Three armies encountered at Waterloo.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:",
          "text": "Techelles, and the reſt prepare your ſwordes:\nI meane to incounter with that Baiazeth.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:",
          "text": "I will encounter with Andronicus.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in conflict, as with an enemy."
      ],
      "id": "en-encounter-en-verb-39nUNN80",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "engage",
          "engage"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izlizam nasrešta na",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "word": "излизам насреща на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "word": "confronteren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "word": "het hoofd bieden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "word": "kontraŭbatali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symplékomai",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "word": "συμπλέκομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "note": "लोहा लेना (lohā lenā, literally “to take iron”)",
          "sense": "engage in conflict"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "word": "összetűzésbe keveredik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "word": "confrontar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stálkivatʹsja",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ста́лкиваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 92 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "imétʹ stolknovénije",
          "sense": "engage in conflict",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "име́ть столкнове́ние"
        }
      ]
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          "text": "Speaking to the media, Reddy said, \"He (Accused in 6-year-old rape and murder case) should be encountered. We will nab the accused and will encounter him. We will stand by the victim's family. We console them and will provide aid to the family. We will encounter him (the accused).\"",
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      "ipa": "/ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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          "text": "That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1995, Maija Kalin, Coping with problems of understanding: repair sequences in conversations between native and non-native speakers:",
          "text": "As they have planned the encounters, they mostly have control over the time limits.",
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          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "遇見"
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        {
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "word": "遇见"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "ǒuyù",
          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "word": "偶遇"
        },
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          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "setkání"
        },
        {
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          "word": "(ongeplande) ontmoeting"
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        {
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          "word": "kohtumine"
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          "word": "kohtaaminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          ],
          "word": "rencontre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "encontro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Begegnung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Treffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "συνάντηση"
        },
        {
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        {
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "word": "出会い"
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        {
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          "roman": "sredba",
          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "средба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "spotkanie"
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        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "encontro inesperado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "случа́йная встре́ча"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "встре́ча"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "coinneachadh"
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        {
          "_dis1": "48 34 2 10 5 2",
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          "word": "сусрет"
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        {
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          "sense": "unplanned meeting",
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        {
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          "tags": [
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        {
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        {
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        {
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        },
        {
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          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
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          "word": "clash"
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          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
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          "word": "brush"
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "hostile meeting",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "encontre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
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          "sense": "hostile meeting",
          "word": "botsing"
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "word": "confrontatie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "treffen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "hostile meeting",
          "word": "yhteenotto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "hostile meeting",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "contenda"
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        {
          "_dis1": "31 56 3 3 5 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "muqāblā",
          "sense": "hostile meeting",
          "tags": [
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    "Terms with Lower Sorbian translations",
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    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Punjabi translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
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    {
      "word": "reencounter"
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 28:",
          "text": "H' incounters Talgol, routs the Bear, / And takes the Fidler Prisoner; / Conveys him to enchanted Castle, / There shuts him fast in wooden Bastile.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 39:",
          "text": "It ran derailed for about 500 yards before encountering a set of points, which caused it to veer into the path of an Immingham-Ferrybridge coal train, powered by Freightliner 66521 (one of a class of locomotive well-known for being well-built enough to destroy anything that got in its way).",
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          "word": "cross paths"
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        "transitive"
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        "To confront (someone or something) face to face."
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        "(transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face."
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        "transitive"
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Three armies encountered at Waterloo.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:",
          "text": "Techelles, and the reſt prepare your ſwordes:\nI meane to incounter with that Baiazeth.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:",
          "text": "I will encounter with Andronicus.",
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          "ref": "2021 September 15, “Telangana Minister says, rapist of six-year-old will be nabbed and killed in encounter”, in Catch News, retrieved 2023-02-25:",
          "text": "Speaking to the media, Reddy said, \"He (Accused in 6-year-old rape and murder case) should be encountered. We will nab the accused and will encounter him. We will stand by the victim's family. We console them and will provide aid to the family. We will encounter him (the accused).\"",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/",
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      "word": "encountre"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣādafa",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "صَادَفَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "lāqā",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "لَاقَى"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʕaṯara",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "عَثَرَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sreštam slučajno",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "срещам случайно"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùdào",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "遇到"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "遇見"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùjiàn",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "遇见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "potkat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "objevit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "narazit na"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "ontmoeten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "stuiten op"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "botsen op"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "treffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "renkonti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "kohdata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "rencontrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "encontrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "atopar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "treffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "begegnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gamōtjan",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synantó",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "συναντώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apantáō",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "ἀπαντάω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "összetalálkozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "belebotlik"
    },
    {
      "alt": "であう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deau",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "出会う"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōgū suru",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "遭遇する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "au",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "遭う"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "pranggul"
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    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "mrangguli"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "atxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "otxá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mannada",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "만나다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "budakchida",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "부닥치다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "note": "of something negative",
      "roman": "matdaktteurida",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "맞닥뜨리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "nanciscor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "invenio"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "aȝeinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "راستلامق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "encontrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "deparar-se com"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ṭakrāuṇa",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "tags": [
        "Gurmukhi"
      ],
      "word": "ਟਕਰਾਉਣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ṭkrāvṇ",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ٹکراوݨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "a întâlni"
    },
    {
      "alt": "неожиданно/случайно",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstrétitʹ",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "встре́тить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stolknútʹsja",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "столкну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstrétitʹsja",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "встре́титься"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "stretnúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zmakaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "encontrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "stöta på"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "anträffa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "möta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "rastlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
      "word": "bắt gặp"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sblǎskvam se",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "сблъсквам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "ontmoeten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "oog in oog staan met"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "alfronti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "ottaa yhteen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "antimetopízo",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "αντιμετωπίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "confrontar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "deparar-se com"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "word": "a întâlni"
    },
    {
      "alt": "на трудности",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ната́лкиваться"
    },
    {
      "alt": "с трудностями",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "confront (someone or something)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "столкну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izlizam nasrešta na",
      "sense": "engage in conflict",
      "word": "излизам насреща на"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "engage in conflict",
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      "word": "het hoofd bieden"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "kontraŭbatali"
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      "roman": "symplékomai",
      "sense": "engage in conflict",
      "word": "συμπλέκομαι"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "note": "लोहा लेना (lohā lenā, literally “to take iron”)",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
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      "word": "összetűzésbe keveredik"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "confrontar"
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      "code": "ru",
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          "text": "That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.",
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          "ref": "1995, Maija Kalin, Coping with problems of understanding: repair sequences in conversations between native and non-native speakers:",
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          "ref": "2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.",
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          "text": "Though Mr. Cosby described the sexual encounter in 2004 as consensual, Ms. Constand said she was too intoxicated to physically or verbally resist.",
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      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "word": "clash"
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      "sense": "hostile meeting",
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      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "word": "brush"
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      "sense": "hostile meeting",
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sustréča",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сустрэ́ча"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slučajna srešta",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "случайна среща"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sréšta",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сре́ща"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "trobada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "遇見"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùjiàn",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "遇见"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ǒuyù",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "偶遇"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "setkání"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "(ongeplande) ontmoeting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "treffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "renkonto"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "kohtumine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "kohtaaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rencontre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encontro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Begegnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Treffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synántisi",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συνάντηση"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synapántima",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συναπάντημα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "találkozás"
    },
    {
      "alt": "であい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "deai",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "word": "出会い"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sredba",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "средба"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "spotkanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encontro inesperado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slučájnaja vstréča",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "случа́йная встре́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstréča",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "встре́ча"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coinneachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сусрет"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "susret"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stretnutie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "srečanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zústrič",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зу́стріч"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "bagegenish",
      "sense": "unplanned meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "באַגעגעניש"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encontre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "word": "botsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "word": "confrontatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "treffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "word": "yhteenotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "contenda"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "muqāblā",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "मुक़ाबला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "word": "összecsapás"
    },
    {
      "code": "sga",
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "comrac"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "confronto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stolknovénije",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "столкнове́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stýčka",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сты́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxvátka",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "схва́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "boj",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бой"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "hostile meeting",
      "word": "stret"
    }
  ],
  "word": "encounter"
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": natálkivatʹsja (na trudnosti) vs. на трудности",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "encounter",
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": stolknútʹsja (s trudnostjami) vs. с трудностями",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.