encounter

encounter: —encounterer, n.

/en kown"teuhr/, v.t.

1. to come upon or meet with, esp. unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.

2. to meet with or contend against (difficulties, opposition, etc.): We encounter so many problems in our work.

3. to meet (a person, military force, etc.) in conflict: We will encounter the enemy at dawn.

v.i.

4. to meet, esp. unexpectedly or in conflict: We were angry when we encountered, but we parted with smiles.

n.

5. a meeting with a person or thing, esp. a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.

6. a meeting of persons or groups that are in conflict or opposition; combat; battle: Another such encounter and we may lose the war.

7. Psychol. a meeting of two or more people, as the members of an encounter group or a number of married couples (marriage encounter), conducted to promote direct emotional confrontations among the participants, esp. as a form of therapy (encounter therapy).

[1250-1300; ME encountren < AF enco(u)ntrer; OF < VL *incontrare, equiv. to in- IN-¹ + -contrare, deriv. of contra against; see COUNTER³]

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Meeting, rencounter, clash, collision, Meet (suddenly), meet face to face / Attack, onset, assault, Confront, face / Conflict, combat, fight, contest, battle, engagement, action, skirmish, brush, affair, Meet with, fall upon, come upon / Attack, engage with, contend against, join battle with, cope with, compete with, struggle with, strive with, fight with, Clash, skirmish, rencounter, fight, come into collision

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encounter — [n1] chance meeting appointment, brush, concurrence, confrontation, interview, rendezvous; concept 384 Ant. avoidance, evasion, retreat encounter [n2] fight, argument action, battle, bout, brush, clash, collision, combat, conflict, contention,… … New thesaurus
Encounter — En*coun ter, v. i. To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. [1913 Webster] I will encounter with Andronicus. Shak. [1913 Webster] Perception and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
encounter — Ⅰ. encounter UK US /ɪnˈkaʊntər/ verb [T] ► to experience a situation, especially something that is unexpected or unpleasant: »We encountered a problem with the fuel pump during safety tests. »This is the first time I have encountered racism at… … Financial and business terms
encounter — index affray, affront, assail, assault, belligerency, collide (clash), collision (accident) … Law dictionary
encounter — (n.) late 13c., meeting of adversaries, from O.Fr. encontrer confront, from encontre (prep. and adv.) against, counter to, from L.L. incontra in front of, from L. in in (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + contra against (see CONTRA (Cf … Etymology dictionary
encounter — ► VERB ▪ unexpectedly meet or be faced with. ► NOUN 1) an unexpected or casual meeting. 2) a confrontation or difficult struggle. ORIGIN originally in the sense «meet as an adversary»: from Old French encontrer, from Latin contra against … English terms dictionary

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