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Definition of Encounter
1. Verb. Come together. "How nice to see you again!"
Specialized synonyms: Cross, Intersect
Related verbs: Assemble, Foregather, Forgather, Gather, Meet
Derivative terms: Meeting, Meeting
2. Noun. A minor short-term fight.
Specialized synonyms: Contretemps
Generic synonyms: Combat, Fight, Fighting, Scrap
Derivative terms: Skirmish
3. 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"
4. Noun. A casual or unexpected convergence. "There was a brief encounter in the hallway"
Generic synonyms: Convergence
Specialized synonyms: Alignment, Conjunction
Derivative terms: Meet
5. Verb. Be beset by. "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
6. Noun. A casual meeting with a person or thing.
7. Verb. Experience as a reaction. "My proposal met with much opposition"
Generic synonyms: Experience, Have
Derivative terms: Receptive, Receptive
8. Noun. A hostile disagreement face-to-face.
Generic synonyms: Disagreement
Derivative terms: Confront, Confrontational
9. Verb. Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. "Sam cannot encounter Sue "; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
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
Literary usage of Encounter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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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