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Encounter
ɪnˈkaʊntə
Encounter definitions
verb
encounter
encountered
encountering
encounters
- unexpectedly be faced with or experience (something hostile or difficult)
"we have encountered one small problem"
experience come into contact with run into come across come up against face be faced with confront be forced to contend with - meet (someone) unexpectedly
"what do we know about the people we encounter in our daily lives?"
meet meet by chance run into run across come across come upon stumble across stumble on chance on happen on
noun
encounter
encounters
- an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something
"she felt totally unnerved by the encounter"
- a confrontation or unpleasant struggle
"his close encounter with death"
- a violent incident in which a suspected criminal is killed by a member of the police, especially under controversial circumstances
"he was shot dead in a police encounter"