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. — deniko

    ruЭто была наша первая встреча. — marafon

    deDas war unsere erste Begegnung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Did you encounter any problems?

    У тебе виникли які-небудь проблеми? — deniko

    deHaben Sie irgendwelche Probleme gehabt? — raggione

  3. Did you encounter any resistance?

  4. We haven't encountered any new problems.

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

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