Encounter

What do we mean by encounter?

A meeting, especially one that is unplanned, unexpected, or brief. noun

A hostile or adversarial confrontation. noun

To meet, especially unexpectedly; come upon. intransitive verb

To confront in battle or competition. intransitive verb

To experience or undergo. intransitive verb

To meet, especially unexpectedly. intransitive verb

To come upon or against; meet with; especially, to meet casually, unexpectedly, reluctantly, or the like.

To meet antagonistically; engage in conflict of any kind with; contend with; make an attack upon.

To oppose; oppugn.

To befall; betide.

Synonyms To confront, struggle with, contend against.

To meet; come together; come into contact or collision.

To meet in opposition or conflict; come together in combat; contend; fight.

A meeting, particularly a sudden or accidental meeting, of two or more persons or bodies of any kind; a coming together or in contact. noun

Specifically In physics, the coming within the sphere of one another's action of the rapidly moving molecules of a gaseous body. noun

A meeting in opposition or conflict of any kind; a conflict; a battle; specifically, a contest between individuals or a small number of men, or an accidental meeting and fighting of detachments. noun

Manner of encountering; mode of accost or address; behavior in intercourse. noun

Synonyms Encounter, Rencounter, Skirmish, Brush, colision, affair. As conflicts in war these are shorter, with fewer engaged, and of less importance, than those compared under battle. An encounter is often an accidental meeting, resulting in some conflict, but not suffered to grow into a general engagement. Rencounter is the same thing, expressed by a term less common. A skirmish is an irregular or desultory contest between parts of armies, as scouting parties or skirmish-lines, not generally resulting in battle. A brush is short and sharp, perhaps engaging the whole of some force for a time, but not being pushed into a long or hard-fought struggle. See strife. noun

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

A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle. noun

A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.

A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.

A match between two opposing sides.

Words that are spelled similarly to encounter:
encounter, rencounter, counter, enchanter, uncounted, encounters, encounterer, enaunter, reencounter, recounter, accounter.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word encounter:
alien, creature, mysterious, creatures, monster, strange, difficulties, enemies.

Words that rhyme with encounter:
counter, downer, counter-, browner, geiger counter, countor, discounter, towner, crowner, frowner, mounter, notions counter, checkout counter, drowner, snack counter, proportional counter, vote counter, crystal counter, meat counter, spark counter, boughner, account her, amount her, brown er, count er, count her, crown her, discount her, down her, down ter, downe her, drown her, goughnour, gown her, lawner, loughner, mount her, recount her, surmount her, town her.

Adjectives that are often used to describe encounter:
first, sexual, personal, brief, last, initial, close, second, next, direct, face, therapeutic, final, colonial, clinical, strange, unexpected, actual, fierce, previous, desperate, casual, medical, cultural, bloody, patient, recent, sharp, violent, hand, serious, dramatic, decisive, earlier, fatal, unpleasant, intimate, accidental, hostile, romantic, successful, interpersonal, famous, genuine, fateful, erotic, unfortunate, sudden, divine, subsequent, deadly, memorable, terrible, naval, existential, disastrous, historic, armed, dangerous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective encounter:
groups, group, stage, based, probabilities.

Consonant match to encounter:
uncanny, inconnu, ancona, incony, incur no.

Words that sound like encounter:
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