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- DictionaryEn·coun·ter/inˈkoun(t)ər/
verb
- 1. unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile): "we have encountered one small problem"
noun
- 1. an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something: "she felt totally unnerved by the encounter"
1. : a meeting between hostile factions or persons : a sudden often violent clash. an encounter between the police and demonstrators. 2. a. : a chance meeting. an accidental encounter. b. : a particular kind of meeting or experience with another person.
formal. to meet someone unexpectedly: On their way home they encountered a woman selling flowers. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. encounter verb [T] (EXPERIENCE) B2. to experience something, especially something unpleasant: When did you first encounter these difficulties?
to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation. to meet with or contend against (difficulties, opposition, etc.): We encounter so many problems in our work. to meet (a person, military force, etc.) in conflict: We will encounter the enemy at dawn.
ENCOUNTER meaning: 1. a meeting, especially one that happens by chance: 2. an occasion when people have sex, usually…. Learn more.
Definitions of encounter. verb. come together. synonyms: come across, meet, run across, run into, see. assemble, foregather, forgather, gather, meet. collect in one place. see more. verb. come upon, as if by accident; meet with. synonyms: bump, chance, find, happen. verb. be beset by. synonyms: run into. see more. verb. experience as a reaction.
3 days ago · verb. 1. to come upon or meet casually or unexpectedly. 2. to come into conflict with (an enemy, army, etc) in battle or contest. 3. (transitive) to be faced with; contend with. he encounters many obstacles in his work. noun.
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.
1 encounter something to experience something, especially something unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do something else synonym meet with something, run into We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week. I had never encountered such resistance before.
encounter somebody/something (formal) to meet somebody, or discover or experience something, especially somebody/something new, unusual or unexpected synonym come across. She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered. Plant scientists first encountered the phenomenon in the 1930s.
noun. OPAL W. /ɪnˈkaʊntə (r)/ /ɪnˈkaʊntər/ a meeting, especially one that is sudden, unexpected or violent. a chance encounter. encounter with somebody/something Three of them were killed in the subsequent encounter with the police. Flaubert was her first encounter with French literature.
