Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
encounter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈkaʊntə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
- /ɪŋˈkaʊntə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
Their encounter was a matter of chance.
As they have planned the encounters, they mostly have control over the time limits.
1995, Maija Kalin, Coping with problems of understanding: repair sequences in conversations between native and non-native speakers:That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
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A match between two opposing sides.
Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3-5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
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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.
Though Mr. Cosby described the sexual encounter in 2004 as consensual, Ms. Constand said she was too intoxicated to physically or verbally resist.
2021 October 10, Graham Bowley, “For One Bill Cosby Juror, the Work Did Not End With the Trial”, in The New York Times:
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The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
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(India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.
Telangana Labour and Employment Minister Malla Reddy on Tuesday said that the guilty person in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Hyderabad "will be nabbed and will be killed in an encounter".
2021 September 15, “Telangana Minister says, rapist of six-year-old will be nabbed and killed in encounter”, in Catch News, retrieved 25 Feb 2023:
Forms
Deriveds
encounter group · random encounter · marriage encounter · close encounter
Synonyms
brush (hostile meeting) · clash (hostile meeting) · skirmish (hostile meeting) · confrontation (hostile meeting)
Translations (57)
nl confrontatie (hostile meeting) · sk stret (hostile meeting) · hi मुक़ाबला (hostile meeting) · fr rencontre (unplanned meeting) · nl treffen (unplanned meeting) · ru бой (hostile meeting) · cs setkání (unplanned meeting) · es encontronazo (unplanned meeting) · yi באַגעגעניש (unplanned meeting) · pl spotkanie (unplanned meeting) · nl botsing (hostile meeting) · sh су̀срет (unplanned meeting) · pt confronto (hostile meeting) · ru столкнове́ние (hostile meeting) · sk stretnutie (unplanned meeting) · ar مُقَابَلَة (unplanned meeting) · be сустрэ́ча (unplanned meeting) · pt encontro inesperado (unplanned meeting) · ca trobada (unplanned meeting) · gd coinneachadh (unplanned meeting) · gl encontro (unplanned meeting) · el συνάντηση (unplanned meeting) · nl treffen (hostile meeting) · fi yhteenotto (hostile meeting) · sga comrac (hostile meeting) · ru сты́чка (hostile meeting) · de Begegnung (unplanned meeting) · sl srečanje (unplanned meeting) · bg схва́тка (hostile meeting) · he הִקָּרוּת (unplanned meeting) · bg стълкнове́ние (hostile meeting) · el συναπάντημα (unplanned meeting) · cmn 偶遇 (unplanned meeting) · ko 만나기 (unplanned meeting) · ar مُلَاقَاة (unplanned meeting) · cmn 遇見 /遇见 (unplanned meeting) · mk средба (unplanned meeting) · cmn 遭遇戰 /遭遇战 (hostile meeting) · ja 出会い (unplanned meeting) · eo renkonto (unplanned meeting) · ru схва́тка (hostile meeting) · hu összecsapás (hostile meeting) · es topamiento (unplanned meeting) · ru встре́ча (unplanned meeting) · fi kohtaaminen (unplanned meeting) · de Treffen (unplanned meeting) · nl (ongeplande) f (unplanned meeting) · ca encontre (hostile meeting) · hu találkozás (unplanned meeting) · sh sùsret (unplanned meeting) · et kohtumine (unplanned meeting) · gl contenda (hostile meeting) · uk зу́стріч (unplanned meeting) · ru случа́йная встре́ча (unplanned meeting) · bg случа́йна сре́ща (unplanned meeting) · bg сре́ща (unplanned meeting) · es encontrón (unplanned meeting)
encounter en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈkaʊntə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (General-American) audio
- /ɪŋˈkaʊntə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɪŋˈkaʊntɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
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”).
Meanings
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(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
H' incounters Talgol, routs the Bear, / And takes the Fidler Prisoner; / Conveys him to enchanted Castle, / There shuts him fast in wooden Bastile.
1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 28:It ran derailed for about 500 yards before encountering a set of points, which caused it to veer into the path of an Immingham-Ferrybridge coal train, powered by Freightliner 66521 (one of a class of locomotive well-known for being well-built enough to destroy anything that got in its way).
2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 39:It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.
1613, Thomas Heywood, The Silver Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, and are to be sold by Beniamin Lightfoote […], →OCLC, Act III, signature G, recto:
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(transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
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(intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
[…] yet when the brother and the sister had encountered, according to the set appointment, none of these impassionedments had been repeated.
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
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(intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
I will encounter with Andronicus.
c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:Techelles, and the reſt prepare your ſwordes:
I meane to incounter with that Baiazeth.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
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(India, euphemistic, transitive) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.
Speaking to the media, Reddy said, "He (Accused in 6-year-old rape and murder case) should be encountered. We will nab the accused and will encounter him. We will stand by the victim's family. We console them and will provide aid to the family. We will encounter him (the accused)."
2021 September 15, “Telangana Minister says, rapist of six-year-old will be nabbed and killed in encounter”, in Catch News, retrieved 25 Feb 2023:
Forms
Deriveds
reencounter · unencountered · encounterer · nonencounter · re-encounter · encounterable · misencounter
Synonyms
cross paths
Translations (94)
tr rastlamak (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · jv mrangguli (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · la invenio (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ro a întâlni (confront (someone or something)) · el συναντώ (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · pl napotkać (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · kea atxa (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · he נִקְרָה (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · vi bắt gặp (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · hu összetalálkozik (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · enm aȝeinen (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · bg сблъсквам се (confront (someone or something)) · es encontrarse / toparse con (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ja 出会う (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · es encontrar (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · hu belebotlik (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ko 부닥치다 (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · de begegnen (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · pa ਟਕਰਾਉਣ (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · hi सामना (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · pt encontrar (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru ната́лкиваться (confront (someone or something)) · gl encontrar (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · es enfrentarse a (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · nl het hoofd bieden (engage in conflict) · nl oog in oog staan met (confront (someone or something)) · kix thōngîe (confront (someone or something)) · gl atopar (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ar لَاقَى (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · eo renkonti (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · pl spotykać (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐍉𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru име́ть столкнове́ние (engage in conflict) · pt deparar-se com (confront (someone or something)) · sv möta (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · nl stuiten op (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ja 遭遇する (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · sk naraziť (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · eo alfronti (confront (someone or something)) · ko 만나다 (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · nl ontmoeten (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · cs objevit (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · fi kohdata (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · hu összetűzésbe keveredik (engage in conflict) · pt confrontar (engage in conflict) · bg срещам случайно (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · nl confronteren (engage in conflict) · cs potkat (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · de treffen (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · hi भेंट (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · hi भिड़ंत (engage in conflict) · kix vāuhìe (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · dsb zmakaś (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · sv stöta på (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · sk stretnúť (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ks سَمکھُن (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · pt deparar-se com (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · cmn 遇見 /遇见 (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · fi ottaa yhteen (confront (someone or something)) · cmn 遇到 (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · la nanciscor (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · pl spotkać (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · kix vāu-īe (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru ста́лкиваться (engage in conflict) · ja 遭う (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · jv pranggul (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · sv anträffa (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · nl treffen (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ota راستلامق (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · nl ontmoeten (confront (someone or something)) · pl napotykać (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · pt confrontar (confront (someone or something)) · ro a întâlni (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · bg излизам насреща на (engage in conflict) · ru столкну́ться (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · el αντιμετωπίζω (confront (someone or something)) · pa ٹکراوݨ (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru встре́титься (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru натолкну́ться (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru встре́тить (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · sk natrafiť (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ar عَثَرَ (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · el συμπλέκομαι (engage in conflict) · kea otxá (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · cs narazit na (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · nl botsen op (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru наткну́ться (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · fr rencontrer (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · es encontrarse (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ko 맞닥뜨리다 (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · grc ἀπαντάω (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly) · ru столкну́ться (confront (someone or something)) · eo kontraŭbatali (engage in conflict) · ar صَادَفَ (meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly)