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en·coun·ter

(ĕn-koun′tər)
n.
1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief: a chance encounter in the park.
2. A hostile or adversarial confrontation: a tense naval encounter.
v. en·coun·tered, en·coun·ter·ing, en·coun·ters
v.tr.
1. To meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon: encountered an old friend on the street.
2. To confront in battle or competition: encountered last year's champion.
3. To experience or undergo: We have encountered numerous obstacles.
v.intr.
To meet, especially unexpectedly.
[Middle English encountre, from Old French, from encontrer, to meet, from Late Latin incontrāre : Latin in-, in; see en-1 + Latin contrā, against; see kom in Indo-European roots.]
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encounter

(ɪnˈkaʊntə)
vb
1. to come upon or meet casually or unexpectedly
2. to come into conflict with (an enemy, army, etc) in battle or contest
3. (tr) to be faced with; contend with: he encounters many obstacles in his work.
n
4. a meeting with a person or thing, esp when casual or unexpected
5. a hostile meeting; contest or conflict
[C13: from Old French encontrer, from Vulgar Latin incontrāre (unattested), from Latin in-2 + contrā against, opposite]
enˈcounterer n
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en•coun•ter

(ɛnˈkaʊn tər)

v.t.
1. to come upon or meet with, esp. unexpectedly.
2. to meet with or contend against (difficulties, opposition, etc.).
3. to meet (a person, military force, etc.) in conflict.
v.i.
4. to meet, esp. unexpectedly or in conflict.
n.
5. a meeting with a person or thing, esp. a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting.
6. a meeting of people or groups that are in conflict; combat; battle.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French enco(u)ntrer; Old French < Vulgar Latin *incontrāre=in- in-1 + -contrāre, derivative of contrā against; see counter 3]
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encounter


Past participle: encountered
Gerund: encountering

Imperative
encounter
encounter
Present
I encounter
you encounter
he/she/it encounters
we encounter
you encounter
they encounter
Preterite
I encountered
you encountered
he/she/it encountered
we encountered
you encountered
they encountered
Present Continuous
I am encountering
you are encountering
he/she/it is encountering
we are encountering
you are encountering
they are encountering
Present Perfect
I have encountered
you have encountered
he/she/it has encountered
we have encountered
you have encountered
they have encountered
Past Continuous
I was encountering
you were encountering
he/she/it was encountering
we were encountering
you were encountering
they were encountering
Past Perfect
I had encountered
you had encountered
he/she/it had encountered
we had encountered
you had encountered
they had encountered
Future
I will encounter
you will encounter
he/she/it will encounter
we will encounter
you will encounter
they will encounter
Future Perfect
I will have encountered
you will have encountered
he/she/it will have encountered
we will have encountered
you will have encountered
they will have encountered
Future Continuous
I will be encountering
you will be encountering
he/she/it will be encountering
we will be encountering
you will be encountering
they will be encountering
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been encountering
you have been encountering
he/she/it has been encountering
we have been encountering
you have been encountering
they have been encountering
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been encountering
you will have been encountering
he/she/it will have been encountering
we will have been encountering
you will have been encountering
they will have been encountering
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been encountering
you had been encountering
he/she/it had been encountering
we had been encountering
you had been encountering
they had been encountering
Conditional
I would encounter
you would encounter
he/she/it would encounter
we would encounter
you would encounter
they would encounter
Past Conditional
I would have encountered
you would have encountered
he/she/it would have encountered
we would have encountered
you would have encountered
they would have encountered
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:encounter - a minor short-term fight]encounter - a minor short-term fight
contretemps - an awkward clash; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"
fighting, combat, fight, scrap - the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap"
2. [画像:encounter - a casual or unexpected convergence]encounter - a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
convergence - the occurrence of two or more things coming together
alignment, conjunction - (astronomy) apparent meeting or passing of two or more celestial bodies in the same degree of the zodiac
3. encounter - a casual meeting with a person or thing
joining, connexion, connection - the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication); "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
4. [画像:encounter - a hostile disagreement face-to-face]encounter - a hostile disagreement face-to-face
disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
Verb 1. [画像:encounter - come together]encounter - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
intersect, cross - meet at a point
foregather, forgather, gather, assemble, meet - collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"
2. encounter - 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"
3. encounter - be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
4. encounter - experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
experience, have - undergo; "The stocks had a fast run-up"
5. encounter - contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
confront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
play - employ in a game or in a specific position; "They played him on first base"
play - use or move; "I had to play my queen"
play - shoot or hit in a particular manner; "She played a good backhand last night"
replay - repeat a game against the same opponent; "Princeton replayed Harvard"
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encounter

verb
1. experience, meet, face, suffer, have, go through, sustain, endure, undergo, run into, live through Every day we encounter stresses of one kind or another.
2. meet, confront, come across, run into (informal), bump into (informal), run across, come upon, chance upon, meet by chance, happen on or upon Did you encounter anyone on your walk?
3. battle with, attack, fight, oppose, engage with, confront, combat, clash with, contend with, strive against, struggle with, grapple with, face off (slang), do battle with, cross swords with, come into conflict with, meet head on They were about to cross the border and encounter Iraqi troops.
noun
1. meeting, brush, confrontation, rendezvous, chance meeting an encounter with a remarkable man
2. battle, fight, action, conflict, clash, dispute, contest, set to (informal), run-in (informal), combat, confrontation, engagement, collision, skirmish, head-to-head, face-off (slang) They were killed in an encounter with security forces near the border.
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encounter

verb
1. To come up against:
2. To meet face-to-face, especially defiantly:
3. To enter into conflict with:
Idiom: do battle with.
noun
1. A face-to-face, usually hostile meeting:
2. A brief, hostile exposure to or contact with something such as danger or opposition:
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Translations
لِقاء غَيْر مُتَوَقَّعمُواجَهَه، صِداميُصادِف، يَلْتَقي صُدْفَةًيُواجِه
komme ud formødesammenstødtræffe
renkonto
kohdatakohtaaminenyhteenotto
összeakadösszecsapásszembekerültalálkozás
bardagihitta, mætasamfundur
susitikimassusitikti
sadursmesadurtiessastapšanāssastaptsatikšanās
întâlni
naleteti na kogasrečanje

encounter

[ɪnˈkaʊntəʳ]
A. N (= meeting, fight) → encuentro m
B. VT [+ person] → encontrar, encontrarse con ; [+ difficulty, danger, enemy] → tropezar con
C. CPD encounter group N → grupo m de encuentro
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encounter

[ɪnˈkaʊntər]
n → rencontre f
an encounter with sb → une rencontre avec qn
to have an encounter with sb → faire la rencontre de qn
an encounter with sth → une rencontre avec qch
a sexual encounter → un rapport sexuel
vt
(= meet) [+ person] → rencontrer
(= come across) [+ problem, difficulty] → rencontrer encounter group n (PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY) → séance f de psychothérapie de groupe
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encounter

vt enemy, opposition → treffen or stoßen auf (+acc); difficulties, resistance → stoßen auf (+acc); danger → geraten in (+acc); (liter) person → begegnen (+dat), → treffen ; to encounter enemy fire → unter feindlichen Beschuss geraten
n → Begegnung f, → Treffen nt; (in battle) → Zusammenstoß m; chance encounter → zufällige Begegnung ; sexual encounter → sexuelle Erfahrung ; close encounter (Space: = near miss) → Beinahezusammenstoß m; (with aliens) → unheimliche Begegnung
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encounter

[ɪnˈkaʊntəʳ]
1. vt (person) → incontrare ; (difficulty, danger, enemy) → imbattersi in
2. n → incontro
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encounter

(inˈkauntə) verb
1. to meet especially unexpectedly. She encountered the manager in the hall. ontmoeting, raakloop يُصادِف، يَلْتَقي صُدْفَةً срещам encontrar setkat se begegnen træffe; støde på συναντώ encontrarse juhuslikult kohtama اتفاقاً برخوردن به kohdata rencontrer פְּגִישָה מִקרִית सामना होना nabasati összeakad (vkivel) bertemu secara tiba-tiba hitta, mæta incontrare, imbattersi in 出会う 우연히 만나다 susitikti, susidurti su (nejauši) sastapt; satikt menemui tegenkomen møte, støte på, treffe natknąć się na بيا غوښتل، ددويم ځل لپاره غوښتلو دتكرار غوښتنه كول encontrar a întâlni встретить stretnúť sa naleteti na koga susresti möta, råka, träffa [på] การประสบโดยบังเอิญ rastlamak, yüz yüze gelmek 意外地遇見(尤指不期而遇) несподівано зустрічатися مڈ بھیڑ ہونا bắt gặp 意外地遇见
2. to meet with (difficulties etc). I expect to encounter many difficulties in the course of this job. skermutseling, op die lyf loop يُواجِه очаквам enfrentar narazit (na) stoßen auf komme ud for; støde på αντιμετωπίζω enfrentarse, toparse kohtama مواجه شدن؛ برخورد پیدا کردن kohdata éprouver לְהִיתָקֵל आकस्मिक मिलन होना naletjeti találkozik, szembekerül menghadapi rekast á; verða fyrir, þurfa að standa andspænis incontrare 直面する 마주치다 sutikti, susidurti su sadurties (ar grūtībām) menemui geconfronteerd worden met møte/treffe på (vanskeligheter) napotkać غوښتل enfrentar a se lovi de сталкиваться с naraziť na naleteti na naići na möta, råka ut för เผชิญหน้า karşılaşmak, karşı karşıya kalmak 遭遇(困難等) стикатися سامنا کرنا đương đầu 遇到(困难等)
noun
1. a meeting. I feel that I know him quite well, even after a brief encounter. ontmoeting لِقاء غَيْر مُتَوَقَّع среща encontro setkání die Begegnung møde συνάντηση encuentro kohtumine برخورد؛ رودررویی tapaaminen rencontre פגישה सामना susret (össze)találkozás pertemuan samfundur incontro 出会い 만남 susitikimas satikšanās; sastapšanās pertemuan ontmoeting møte spotkanie غوښتل encontro întâl­nire встреча stretnutie srečanje susret möte, sammanträffande การเผชิญหน้า karşılaşma, yüz yüze gelme 偶然相遇 несподівана зустріч ملاقات cuộc chạm trán 偶然的见面
2. a fight. The encounter between the armies was fierce. geveg مُواجَهَه، صِدام схватка encontro střetnutí das Gefecht sammenstød σύγκρουση encuentro kokkupõrge نبرد؛ رزم taistelu affrontement היתקלות लड़ाई sukob összeütközés pertarungan bardagi scontro, combattimento 交戦 싸움 susirėmimas sadursme pertembungan confrontatie trefning, sammenstøt potyczka جنګ recontro ciocnire столкновение, схватка boj spopad sukob sammandrabbning การแข่งขัน çarpışma, çatışma 遭遇戰 сутичка مقابلہ cuộc đụng độ 遭遇战
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