initial encounter
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinitialandencounter
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initial
adjective[before noun]
uk/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/us/ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
of or at ...
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encounter
noun[C]
uk/ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/us/ɪnˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/
a meeting, especially one that happens ...
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(Definition ofinitialandencounterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofinitial encounter
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Specifically, this article explores the rhetorical and professional options available to teacher educators and postgraduate trainee teachers in their initial encounters with such literacy programmes in university and schools.
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The delays betweeninitialencounterand re-encounter varied but were as short as 2 months.
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It is not known whether thisinitialencounterinvolves one or more primase domains.
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Gaze duration is usually averaged only over words that are not skipped during theinitialencounter(or first pass) through that region of text.
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Both of them have described theirinitialencounteras very intense.
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Uponinitialencounterwith each other, the female gives a signal to the male that she is ready and willing to mate.
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From the historian's perspective, these initial encounters soon led to questions about the origins and longevity of these states.
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The short apparently depicts theirinitialencounter.
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Specifically, this article explores the rhetorical and professional options available to teacher educators and postgraduate trainee teachers in their initial encounters with such literacy programmes in university and schools.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unfortunately, most initial encounters with computer technology and electronic sounds are through the use of video games which are often cited for their violent and misogynistic content.
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They are known to express aggressive behaviors upon initial encounters such as branch shaking, mooning of the scrotal tuft, and short barking calls.
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Her other initial encounters left her ambivalent about the religion.
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