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"word": "reencounter"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "encountren"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "xno",
"3": "encountrer"
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"t": "to confront"
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"etymology_text": "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”).",
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{
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"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"present"
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"pos": "verb",
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"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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"To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly."
],
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[
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"unexpectedly"
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"(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cross paths"
}
],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣādafa",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "صَادَفَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lāqā",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "لَاقَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ʕaṯara",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "عَثَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sreštam slučajno",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "срещам случайно"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùdào",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "遇到"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "遇見"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yùjiàn",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "遇见"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "potkat"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "objevit"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "narazit na"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "ontmoeten"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "stuiten op"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "botsen op"
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{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "treffen"
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{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "renkonti"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "rencontrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "encontrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "atopar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "treffen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "begegnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gamōtjan",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "synantó",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "συναντώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "apantáō",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "ἀπαντάω"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "összetalálkozik"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "belebotlik"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"alt": "であう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "deau",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "出会う"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sōgū suru",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "遭遇する"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"alt": "あう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "au",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "遭う"
},
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"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "pranggul"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "jv",
"lang": "Javanese",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "mrangguli"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "atxa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "kea",
"lang": "Kabuverdianu",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "otxá"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "mannada",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "만나다"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "budakchida",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "부닥치다"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "of something negative",
"roman": "matdaktteurida",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "맞닥뜨리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "nanciscor"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "invenio"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "aȝeinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "راستلامق"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "encontrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "deparar-se com"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ṭakrāuṇa",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"tags": [
"Gurmukhi"
],
"word": "ਟਕਰਾਉਣ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ṭkrāvṇ",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"tags": [
"Shahmukhi"
],
"word": "ٹکراوݨ"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "a întâlni"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"alt": "неожиданно/случайно",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vstrétitʹ",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "встре́тить"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stolknútʹsja",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "столкну́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vstrétitʹsja",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "встре́титься"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "stretnúť"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zmakaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "encontrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "stöta på"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "anträffa"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "möta"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "rastlamak"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 2 1 3",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "bắt gặp"
}
]
},
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"glosses": [
"To confront (someone or something) face to face."
],
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"confront",
"confront"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sblǎskvam se",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "сблъсквам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "ontmoeten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "oog in oog staan met"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "ottaa yhteen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "antimetopízo",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "αντιμετωπίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "confrontar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "deparar-se com"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"word": "a întâlni"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"alt": "на трудности",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ната́лкиваться"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 6 4",
"alt": "с трудностями",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "столкну́ться"
}
]
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Three armies encountered at Waterloo."
}
],
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"To engage in conflict, as with an enemy."
],
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"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
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[
"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": "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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"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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],
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"To execute someone extrajudicially."
],
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[
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],
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"(transitive, India) To execute someone extrajudicially."
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈkaʊntə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊntə(ɹ)"
},
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"tags": [
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "encountre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "incountre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "incounter"
}
],
"word": "encounter"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "close encounter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "encounter group"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "marriage encounter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "random encounter"
}
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"(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly."
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"word": "cross paths"
}
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"transitive"
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},
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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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],
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"To execute someone extrajudicially."
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"execute",
"execute"
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[
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"extrajudicially"
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],
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"(transitive, India) To execute someone extrajudicially."
],
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"India",
"transitive"
]
}
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"Received-Pronunciation"
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/",
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"General-American"
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},
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"ipa": "/ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/",
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},
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"word": "encountre"
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{
"word": "incountre"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣādafa",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "صَادَفَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"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"
},
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"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"
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{
"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"
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{
"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"
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{
"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"
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{
"alt": "あう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "au",
"sense": "meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly",
"word": "遭う"
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{
"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"
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{
"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": [
"Shahmukhi"
],
"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": [
"perfective"
],
"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": "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"
},
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"alt": "на трудности",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "confront (someone or something)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "ната́лкиваться"
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"alt": "с трудностями",
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"tags": [
"perfective"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izlizam nasrešta na",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"word": "излизам насреща на"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"word": "het hoofd bieden"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "symplékomai",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"word": "συμπλέκομαι"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "लोहा लेना (lohā lenā, literally “to take iron”)",
"sense": "engage in conflict"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"word": "összetűzésbe keveredik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"word": "confrontar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stálkivatʹsja",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́лкиваться"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "imétʹ stolknovénije",
"sense": "engage in conflict",
"tags": [
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],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(India) An extrajudicial killing or execution."
],
"tags": [
"India"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkaʊntə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈkaʊntə/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊntə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-encounter.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d6/En-us-encounter.ogg/En-us-encounter.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/En-us-encounter.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "hostile meeting",
"word": "clash"
},
{
"sense": "hostile meeting",
"word": "confrontation"
},
{
"sense": "hostile meeting",
"word": "brush"
},
{
"sense": "hostile meeting",
"word": "skirmish"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "sustréča",
"sense": "unplanned meeting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сустрэ́ча"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slučajna srešta",
"sense": "unplanned meeting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "случайна среща"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sréšta",
"sense": "unplanned meeting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сре́ща"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "unplanned meeting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"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"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "unplanned meeting",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"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"
},
{
"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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