encounter

en·coun·ter  (n-kountr)

n.

1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief: a chance encounter in the park.

2.

a. A hostile or adversarial confrontation; a contest: a tense naval encounter.

b. An often violent meeting; a clash.

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 contention.

3. To come up against: encounter numerous obstacles.

v.intr.

To meet, especially unexpectedly.

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[Middle English encountre, from Old French, from encontrer, to meet, from Late Latin incontrre : Latin in-, in; see en-¹ + Latin contr, against; see kom in Indo-European roots.]

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encounter

Verb

1. to meet (someone) unexpectedly

2. to be faced with: he had rarely encountered such suffering

3. to meet (an opponent or enemy) in a competition or battle

Noun

1. a casual or unexpected meeting

2. a game or battle: a fierce encounter between the army and armed rebels [Latin in- in + contra against, opposite]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	encounter - a minor short-term fight skirmish, clash, brush 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.	encounter - a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" meeting 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 coming upon 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.	encounter - a hostile disagreement face-to-face face-off, showdown, confrontation disagreement - the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing
Verb	1.	encounter - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" meet, run across, come across, run into, see 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" find, bump, chance, happen
	3.	encounter - be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" run into 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" receive, meet 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" take on, meet, play 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

2. meet, confront, come across, run into (informal) bump into (informal) run across, come upon, chance upon, meet by chance, happen on or upon

verb 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

noun 4. meeting, brush, confrontation, rendezvous, chance meeting

noun 5. battle, fight, action, conflict, clash, dispute, contest, set to (informal) run-in (informal) combat, confrontation, engagement, collision, skirmish, head-to-head, face-off (slang)

Translations

encounter [ɪnˈkauntəʳ] n → encuentro

vt → encontrar, encontrarse con [+ difficulty]; tropezar con

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encounter [ɪnˈkauntəʳ] n → rencontre f

vt → rencontrer

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encounter [ɪnˈkauntəʳ] n → Begegnung f

vt → begegnen +dat;

(problem) → stoßen auf +acc

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encounter [ɪnˈkauntəʳ] n → incontro

vt → incontrare