[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly:to encounter a new situation.", "to meet with or contend against (difficulties, opposition, etc.):We encounter so many problems in our work.", "to meet (a person, military force, etc.) in conflict:We will encounter the enemy at dawn."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to meet, especially unexpectedly or in conflict:We were angry when we encountered, but we parted with smiles."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a meeting with a person or thing, especially a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting:Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.", "a meeting of persons or groups that are in conflict or opposition; combat; battle:Another such encounter and we may lose the war.", "Psychology.a meeting of two or more people, as the members of an encounter group encounter groupor a number of married couplesmarriage encounter,conducted to promote direct emotional confrontations among the participants, especially as a form of therapyencoun?ter?ther?apy."]}]