encounter in English dictionary

  • encounter

    Meanings and definitions of "encounter"

    • (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
    • (transitive) To confront (someone or something), notably face to face.
    • (transitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
    • An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
    • A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
    • A sudden, often violent clash, as between combattants
    • noun
      An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
    • noun
      A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
    • noun
      A sudden, often violent clash, as between combatants.
    • noun
      (sports)
      A match between two opposing sides.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To confront (someone or something) face to face.
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive)
      To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
    • meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly
    • confront (someone or something)
    • engage in conflict
    • unplanned meeting
    • hostile meeting
    • To come together with someone by accident.
    • To encounter something by accident or after searching for it.
    • To contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.
    • noun
      a casual meeting with a person or thing
    • noun
      a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
    • noun
      a hostile disagreement face-to-face
    • noun
      a minor short-term fight
    • verb
      be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
    • verb
      come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
    • verb
      come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
    • verb
      contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
    • verb
      experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

    Synonyms of "encounter" in English dictionary

    confrontation, connection, play are the top synonyms of "encounter" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of encounter

    • encounter ( plural  encounters)
    • encounter ( third-person singular simple present encounters, present participle encountering, simple past and past participle encountered)
    • encounter, encountered, encountering, encounters
    • encounter (plural encounters)
    • encounter (third-person singular simple present encounters, present participle encountering, simple past and past participle encountered)
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