Definition of Encounter

1. Noun. A minor short-term fight.

Exact synonyms: Brush, Clash, Skirmish
Specialized synonyms: Contretemps
Generic synonyms: Combat, Fight, Fighting, Scrap
Derivative terms: Skirmish

2. Verb. Come together. "How nice to see you again!"
Exact synonyms: Come Across, Meet, Run Across, Run Into, See
Specialized synonyms: Cross, Intersect
Related verbs: Assemble, Foregather, Forgather, Gather, Meet
Derivative terms: Meeting, Meeting

3. Noun. A casual or unexpected convergence. "There was a brief encounter in the hallway"
Exact synonyms: Meeting
Generic synonyms: Convergence
Specialized synonyms: Alignment, Conjunction
Derivative terms: Meet

4. Verb. Come upon, as if by accident; meet with. "They encounter the money in the closet"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
Exact synonyms: Bump, Chance, Find, Happen
Derivative terms: Find, Finder

5. Noun. A casual meeting with a person or thing.
Exact synonyms: Coming Upon
Generic synonyms: Connection, Connexion, Joining

6. Verb. Be beset by. "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
Exact synonyms: Run Into
Generic synonyms: Be

7. Noun. A hostile disagreement face-to-face.
Exact synonyms: Confrontation, Face-off, Showdown
Generic synonyms: Disagreement
Derivative terms: Confront, Confrontational

8. Verb. Experience as a reaction. "My proposal met with much opposition"
Exact synonyms: Meet, Receive
Generic synonyms: Experience, Have
Derivative terms: Receptive, Receptive

9. Verb. Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. "Sam cannot encounter Sue "; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
Exact synonyms: Meet, Play, Take On
Entails: Compete, Contend, Vie
Related verbs: Play, Play, Play, Play
Specialized synonyms: Confront, Face, Replay
Derivative terms: Meet, Play, Playing

Definition of Encounter

1. v. t. To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.

2. 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.

3. n. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

Definition of Encounter

1. Verb. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To confront (someone or something), notably face to face. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy. ¹

4. Noun. An unplanned or unexpected meeting. ¹

5. Noun. A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish. ¹

6. Noun. A sudden, often violent clash, as between combattants ¹

7. Noun. (sports) A match between two opposing sides ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Encounter

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Encounter

1. 1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. "To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd." (Pope) 2. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. "As one for . . . Fierce encounters fit". (Spenser) "To join their dark encounter in mid-air". (Milton). Synonym: Contest, conflict, fight, combat, assault, rencounter, attack, engagement, onset. See Contest. Origin: OF. Encontre, fr. Encontrer. See Encounter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Encounter

encore
encored
encores
encoring
encoubert
encouberts
encounter (current term)
encounter group
encountered
encounterer
encounterers
encountering
encounters
encountre
encountrynge
encourage
encourageable
encouraged
encouragement
encouragements
encourager

Literary usage of Encounter

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1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"It appears from the investigation that if ф be any property of a body, such that if ф( and ф., arc its values or two bodies before an encounter, and "fj and ..."

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