- verbencounter (verb) · encounters (third person present) · encountered (past tense) · encountered (past participle) · encountering (present participle)
- unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile):"we have encountered one small problem"
- meet (someone) unexpectedly.
nounencounter (noun) · encounters (plural noun)- an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something:"she felt totally unnerved by the encounter"
- a confrontation or unpleasant struggle:"his close encounter with death"
- SOUTH ASIAN ENGLISHa violent incident in which a suspected criminal is killed by a member of the police, especially under controversial circumstances:"he was shot dead in a police encounter" · "officers responsible for encounter killings"
OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘meet as an adversary’ and ‘a meeting of adversaries’; formerly also as incounter): from Old French encontrer (verb), encontre (noun), based on Latin in- ‘in’ + contra ‘against’.Similar and Opposite Wordsverbnoun- an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something:
- a confrontation or unpleasant struggle:
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