encounter
Meaning of encounter
noun
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
Their encounter was a matter of chance.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- A match between two opposing sides.
- To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
Information about encounter
- The plural form of encounter is: encounters.
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Hyphenation of encounter
en-counter
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- encounter is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
encounter synonyms
Meaning brush:
Meaning meeting:
Meaning confrontation:
Meaning meet:
Meaning find:
Translation of encounter
- Spanish: descubrir, encontrar, hallar, converger, enfrentar
- French: trouver, rencontrer
- Portuguese: encontrar
- German: finden, treffen, begegnen
- Italian: trovare, scoprire, realizzare, imbattersi, incontrare, affrontare
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