[
US
/ɪnˈkaʊnɝ, ɪnˈkaʊntɝ/
]
[ UK /ɛnkˈaʊntɐ/ ]
[ UK /ɛnkˈaʊntɐ/ ]
NOUN
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a minor short-term fight
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a casual or unexpected convergence
there was a brief encounter in the hallway
he still remembers their meeting in Paris
VERB
-
experience as a reaction
My proposal met with much opposition -
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
We find this idea in Plato
She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day -
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Charlie likes to play Mary -
be beset by
The project ran into numerous financial difficulties -
come together
I'll probably see you at the meeting
How nice to see you again!
How To Use encounter In A Sentence
- A good deal of role confusion and bewilderment as the growing child encounters the newer ways is to be expected and observed.
- Consider some of the specific encounters Blue has with women Gareth is involved with. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl: Questions
- Mewme was an old cat not like the playful little kitten that Alison had first encountered after her mother entered her life.
- We encounter a patient with recurrent jaundice resulting from tumor ingrowth to the metallic stent.
- WASHINGTON — A U.S. military official says the Navy had a close encounter with an Iranian surveillance plane last week in the Gulf of Oman. Iranian Military Plane 'Buzzes' U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier
- Slow the airplane to reduce impact forces; also, you'll likely encounter wind shear and strong downdrafts.
- The winners of these two encounters will contest the final from 7pm. Times, Sunday Times
- Finally, a small number of participants discussed their experiences with gender-bending - that is, pretending to be of the opposite sex - during an online sexual encounter.
- It's great that she was able to tie up Super Smize's narrative, since half of these girls would have been so confused if they just encountered her in plainclothes without an explanation. Taking the boot off
- And about 50 meters into the canyon at this narrow section, I encountered a place where I was standing on top of a chalkstone with about a ten-foot elevation drop. CNN Transcript May 8, 2003