casual encounter
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcasualandencounter
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casual
adjective
uk/ˈkæʒ.ju.əl/us/ˈkæʒ.uː.əl/
Casual clothes are not formal or not suitable for ...
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encounter
noun[C]
uk/ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/us/ɪnˈkaʊn.t̬ɚ/
a meeting, especially one that happens ...
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(Definition ofcasualandencounterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcasual encounter
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One 20-year-old, single, unemployed patient had become pregnant as the result of acasualencounterat a party.
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For most readers, casual encounters with this material are probably largely entertaining, with some subliminal instructive value.
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Strong social ties usually exist between nodes in a kinship network, while weak ties characterize networks where casual encounters occur between strangers or acquaintances.
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Besides, we are interested in investigating unmarked casual encounters from the point of view of code selection.
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Hence, the pretheoretical intuition that introductions in business meetings are somewhat less phatic than introductions in casual encounters.
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Therefore, it must have been clear to him then that we were engaged in something slightly more than casual encounters in the market place.
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His whole life has become a series of casual encounters and light banter, which is covered over by a pharmaceutical haze.
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The personals section allows for postings that are for strictly platonic, dating/romance, and casual encounters.
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Depressed at losing two love interests he goes to his therapist who tells him to have casual encounters.
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The complex uses many elements of cubist design, and the walkways are arranged to increase the probability of casual encounters among colleagues.
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It is the main outdoor location, often used for casual encounters between characters.
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