English

Detailed Synonyms for encounter in English

encounter:

to encounter verb (encounters, encountered, encountering)

  1. to encounter
    to experience; to encounter; to feel
    • experience verb (experiences, experienced, experiencing)
    • encounter verb (encounters, encountered, encountering)
    • feel verb (feels, felt, feeling)
  2. to encounter
    – contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle 1
    to encounter; to meet; to play; to take on
    – contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle 1
    • encounter verb (encounters, encountered, encountering)
    • meet verb (meets, met, meeting)
    • play verb (plays, played, playing)
      • Princeton plays Yale this weekend1
      • Charlie likes to play Mary1
    • take on verb (takes on, took on, taking on)
  3. to encounter
    – come together 1
    to encounter; to meet; to see; to come across; to run into; to run across
    – come together 1
    • encounter verb (encounters, encountered, encountering)
    • meet verb (meets, met, meeting)
      • I'll probably see you at the meeting1
    • see verb (sees, saw, seeing)
      • I'll probably see you at the meeting1
      • How nice to see you again!1
    • come across verb (comes across, came across, coming across)
    • run into verb (runs into, ran into, running into)
    • run across verb (runs across, ran across, running across)
  4. to encounter
    – come upon, as if by accident; meet with 1
    to encounter; to find; chance; to happen; to bump
    – come upon, as if by accident; meet with 1
    • encounter verb (encounters, encountered, encountering)
    • find verb (finds, found, finding)
      • We find this idea in Plato1
    • chance verb
      • She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day1
    • happen verb (happens, happened, happening)
      • I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here1
    • bump verb (bumps, bumped, bumping)
  5. to encounter
    – be beset by 1
    to encounter; to run into
    – be beset by 1
    • encounter verb (encounters, encountered, encountering)
    • run into verb (runs into, ran into, running into)
  6. to encounter
    – experience as a reaction 1
    to encounter; to receive; to meet
    – experience as a reaction 1
    • encounter verb (encounters, encountered, encountering)
    • receive verb (receives, received, receiving)
    • meet verb (meets, met, meeting)
      • My proposal met with much opposition1

Conjugations for encounter:

present
  1. encounter
  2. encounter
  3. encounters
  4. encounter
  5. encounter
  6. encounter
simple past
  1. encountered
  2. encountered
  3. encountered
  4. encountered
  5. encountered
  6. encountered
present perfect
  1. have encountered
  2. have encountered
  3. has encountered
  4. have encountered
  5. have encountered
  6. have encountered
past continuous
  1. was encountering
  2. were encountering
  3. was encountering
  4. were encountering
  5. were encountering
  6. were encountering
future
  1. shall encounter
  2. will encounter
  3. will encounter
  4. shall encounter
  5. will encounter
  6. will encounter
continuous present
  1. am encountering
  2. are encountering
  3. is encountering
  4. are encountering
  5. are encountering
  6. are encountering
subjunctive
  1. be encountered
  2. be encountered
  3. be encountered
  4. be encountered
  5. be encountered
  6. be encountered
diverse
  1. encounter!
  2. let's encounter!
  3. encountered
  4. encountering
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

encounter [the ~] noun

  1. the encounter
    the encounter; the meeting
  2. the encounter
    – a casual meeting with a person or thing 1
    the encounter; the coming upon
    – a casual meeting with a person or thing 1
  3. the encounter
    – a minor short-term fight 1
    the encounter; the brush; the skirmish; the clash
    – a minor short-term fight 1
  4. the encounter
    – a hostile disagreement face-to-face 1
    the encounter; the confrontation; the face-off; the showdown
    – a hostile disagreement face-to-face 1
  5. the encounter
    – a casual or unexpected convergence 1
    the encounter; the meeting
    – a casual or unexpected convergence 1
    • encounter [the ~] noun
      • there was a brief encounter in the hallway1
    • meeting [the ~] noun
      • he still remembers their meeting in Paris1

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Related Definitions for "encounter":

  1. a casual meeting with a person or thing1
  2. a minor short-term fight1
  3. a hostile disagreement face-to-face1
  4. a casual or unexpected convergence1
    • there was a brief encounter in the hallway1
  5. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle1
  6. come together1
  7. come upon, as if by accident; meet with1
  8. be beset by1
  9. experience as a reaction1

Related Synonyms for encounter