встречи

This is the 212th most frequent Russian word.

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встречи

"Meetings" or "encounters."


Here, 'встречи' refers to scheduled professional or formal meetings.

У меня сегодня две встречи.

I have two meetings today.


In this case, 'встреча' signifies an unplanned or accidental encounter.

На дороге по пути домой я столкнулся с ним случайно, и эта встреча стала неожиданной.

On the road to home, I ran into him accidentally, and this meeting was unexpected.


Here, 'встреча' denotes an encounter or gathering of friends or acquaintances.

Мы давно не виделись, поэтому наша встреча была очень радостной.

We hadn't seen each other for a long time, so our meeting was very joyous.