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ENCOUNTER definition: 1. a meeting, especially one that happens by chance: 2. an occasion when people have sex, usually…. Learn more.
Jul 1, 2012 · encounter: [verb] to meet as an adversary or enemy. to engage in conflict with.
ENCOUNTER meaning: 1. a meeting, especially one that happens by chance: 2. an occasion when people have sex, usually…. Learn more.
5 meanings: 1. to come upon or meet casually or unexpectedly 2. to come into conflict with (an enemy, army, etc) in battle or.... Click for more definitions.
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.
If you run into that cute guy (or girl) from the local deli when you’re at the grocery store and you stop to chat, you’ve just had an encounter, which is a casual meeting, often resulting by chance.
Encounter definition: to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly. See examples of ENCOUNTER used in a sentence.
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.
2 encounter somebody/something (formal) to meet someone, or discover or experience something, especially someone or something new, unusual, or unexpected synonym come across somebody/something She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered.; See encounter in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
ENCOUNTER definition: 1. to experience something unpleasant: 2. to meet someone, especially when you do not expect it 3…. Learn more.
