Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.

    treffen, begegnen

    встре́титьvstrétitʹ, столкну́тьсяstolknútʹsja, встре́титьсяvstrétitʹsja

    come upon, as if by accident; meet with

  2. (transitive)To confront (someone or something) face to face.

    ната́лкиваться, столкну́ться

  3. (intransitive, rare)To meet one another.

  4. (intransitive)To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.

    Three armies encountered at Waterloo.

    ста́лкиватьсяstálkivatʹsja, име́ть столкнове́ниеimétʹ stolknovénije

  5. (India, euphemistic, transitive)To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.

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
Русский
By meaning 3
meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly:
confront (someone or something):
engage in conflict:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly:

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

encounters, encountering, encountered, encountered
Base formencounter · to encounter
3rd person singularencounters
Present participleencountering
Past simpleencountered
Past participleencountered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyencounter
he, she, itencounters

Past simpleLesson

all personsencountered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave encountered
he, she, ithas encountered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill encounter

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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