encounter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: encounter	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for encounter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
encounter n a minor short-term fight [syn: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish] a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" Synonym(s): meeting, encounter a casual meeting with a person or thing Synonym(s): encounter, coming upon a hostile disagreement face-to-face Synonym(s): confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off v come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" Synonym(s): meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, see come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" Synonym(s): find, happen, chance, bump, encounter be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" Synonym(s): run into, encounter experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" Synonym(s): meet, encounter, receive contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" Synonym(s): meet, encounter, play, take on
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Encounter \Encoun"ter\, v. i. To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo. I will encounter* with Andronicus. --Shak. Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. --Tatham.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Encounter \Encoun"ter\, n. [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See {Encounter}, v. t.] 1. A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. To shun the encounter* of the vulgar crowd. --Pope. 2. A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. As one for . . . fierce encounters fit. --Spenser. To join their dark encounter in mid-air. --Milton . Syn: Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See {Contest}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Encounter \Encoun"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encountered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encountering}.] [OF. encontrer; pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See {Counter}, adv.] To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter* a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth. Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. --Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. --Shak.