encounter

Object

• difficulty: Now all I have to do is to convert all my webpages over to the new format - I`ve encountered two difficulties.
• problem: Second, the types of problems encountered tend to recur.
• obstacle: In our own personal journey up the ladder of spirituality we encounter obstacles.
• resistance: During the final advance they encountered stiff Chinese resistance, but eventually Peking was relieved on the 14th.
• opposition: Efforts to promote the Honduran tobacco industry as a royal monopoly proved less effective and encountered stiff local opposition.
• hostility: In 1949 Harold and his family emigrated to Australia, the very land where he had encountered so much hostility.

Converse of object

• life-changing: This led to some misunderstandings, but also to life-changing encounters.
• survive: Having survived a three-game encounter with Ed Hatton, Rico Nicholls slumped to 11-0 in his first game against Buchanan.

Adjective modifier

• bruising: But the most revealing turning point was his bruising encounter with Jeremy Paxman earlier that week.
• sexual: Simon is confronted by Miranda about his sexual encounter with Richie.
• face-to-face: Counselors, however, are more aware of the disadvantages that mainly spring from the effects on relationship building caused by non face-to-face encounters.
• close: The rider brakes or sits the bike up, crosses the road and has a close encounter.
• brief: Several more close, but brief encounters ensued with the Gangetic Dolphins, but all too soon we had to return to our coach.
• memorable: Year agreement to a memorable encounter with us many.

Noun used with modifier

• chance: Robert ended our chance encounter with, " It's been good to see you again!
• dolphin: From a total of 134 dolphin encounters, fifty-two identified dolphins were selected based on their number of sightings.
• shark: For those in the know, Jim Abernethy is at the top of the list when it comes to getting the best shark encounters.
• boss: Six levels each contain eight bite-size challenges with a boss encounter providing an effective climax.

Used with why or when

• when: We build our houses to very high standards and we aim to minimize any possible problems you may encounter when you move in.

Preposition: with

• alien: When most of us think of conspiracy theories we're thinking of faked moon landings and government cover-ups of encounters with aliens.