Meaning

6 senses
  1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.

    Their encounter was a matter of chance.

    Begegnung, Treffen

    случа́йная встре́чаslučájnaja vstréča, встре́чаvstréča

    зу́стрічzústrič

    a casual or unexpected convergence

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

    столкнове́ниеstolknovénije, сты́чкаstýčka, схва́ткаsxvátka

  3. A match between two opposing sides.

  4. A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.

  5. The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.

  6. (India)An extrajudicial killing or execution.

Examples

252 sentences
  1. That was our first encounter.

    Це була наша перша зустріч.

    ruЭто была наша первая встреча.

    deDas war unsere erste Begegnung.

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  2. Did you encounter any problems?

    У тебе виникли які-небудь проблеми?

    deHaben Sie irgendwelche Probleme gehabt?

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  3. Did you encounter any resistance?

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  4. We haven't encountered any new problems.

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  5. I think they've encountered some kind of problem.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
unplanned meeting:
Русский
By meaning 2
unplanned meeting:
hostile meeting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
unplanned meeting:

Origin

From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to co

From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”).

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Forms

plural: encounters
Singularencounter
Pluralencounters

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
encounter — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto