Meaning of "encounter" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ENCOUNTER

From Old French encontrer, from Vulgar Latin incontrāre (unattested), from Latin in-² + contrā against, opposite.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ENCOUNTER

encounter  [ɪnˈkaʊntə]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENCOUNTER

Encounter is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb encounter in English.

WHAT DOES ENCOUNTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Encounter

Encounter may refer to: In music: ▪ Encounter, a 1988 album by Michael Stearns ▪ Encounter!, a 1968 album by Pepper Adams ▪ Encounters, an album by Mal Waldron ▪ Place Vendôme, released in America as Encounter ▪ Encounters, an album by Sylvan ▪ Encounters, an album by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, also called Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster In TV and film: ▪ Encounter, a 1958 CBC/ABC series ▪ Encounters, a TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal phenomena ▪ "The Encounter", a 1964 episode of The Twilight Zone ▪ Encounter, a 1997 Indian film by Nimmala Shankar ▪ Encounter, a 2013 Bengali film In ships: ▪ HMS Encounter, a wooden screw corvette ▪ HMAS Encounter, a Challenger class protected cruiser ▪ HMS Encounter, an E class destroyer launched in 1934 In other uses...

Definition of encounter in the English dictionary

The first definition of encounter in the dictionary is to come upon or meet casually or unexpectedly. Other definition of encounter is to come into conflict with in battle or contest. Encounter is also to be faced with; contend with.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ENCOUNTER

PRESENT

Present

I encounter

you encounter

he/she/it encounters

we encounter

you encounter

they encounter

Present continuous

I am encountering

you are encountering

he/she/it is encountering

we are encountering

you are encountering

they are encountering

Present perfect

I have encountered

you have encountered

he/she/it has encountered

we have encountered

you have encountered

they have encountered

Present perfect continuous

I have been encountering

you have been encountering

he/she/it has been encountering

we have been encountering

you have been encountering

they have been encountering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I encountered

you encountered

he/she/it encountered

we encountered

you encountered

they encountered

Past continuous

I was encountering

you were encountering

he/she/it was encountering

we were encountering

you were encountering

they were encountering

Past perfect

I had encountered

you had encountered

he/she/it had encountered

we had encountered

you had encountered

they had encountered

Past perfect continuous

I had been encountering

you had been encountering

he/she/it had been encountering

we had been encountering

you had been encountering

they had been encountering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will encounter

you will encounter

he/she/it will encounter

we will encounter

you will encounter

they will encounter

Future continuous

I will be encountering

you will be encountering

he/she/it will be encountering

we will be encountering

you will be encountering

they will be encountering

Future perfect

I will have encountered

you will have encountered

he/she/it will have encountered

we will have encountered

you will have encountered

they will have encountered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been encountering

you will have been encountering

he/she/it will have been encountering

we will have been encountering

you will have been encountering

they will have been encountering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would encounter

you would encounter

he/she/it would encounter

we would encounter

you would encounter

they would encounter

Conditional continuous

I would be encountering

you would be encountering

he/she/it would be encountering

we would be encountering

you would be encountering

they would be encountering

Conditional perfect

I would have encounter

you would have encounter

he/she/it would have encounter

we would have encounter

you would have encounter

they would have encounter

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been encountering

you would have been encountering

he/she/it would have been encountering

we would have been encountering

you would have been encountering

they would have been encountering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you encounter
we let´s encounter
you encounter

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to encounter

Past participle

encountered

Present Participle

encountering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ENCOUNTER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «encounter» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of encounter

action · attack · battle · brush · bump into · clash · collision · combat · come across · come upon · conflict · confront · confrontation · contest · dispute · endure · engagement · experience · face · face-off · fight · go through · have · head-to-head · meet · meeting · oppose · rendezvous · run across · run into · run-in · set to · skirmish · suffer · sustain · undergo

TRANSLATION OF ENCOUNTER

Find out the translation of encounter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of encounter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «encounter» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 遭遇
• Translator English - Spanish: encontrarse con
• English: encounter
• Translator English - Hindi: मुठभेड़
• Translator English - Arabic: لقاء
• Translator English - Russian: встреча
• Translator English - Portuguese: deparar-se
• Translator English - Bengali: সাক্ষাৎ
• Translator English - French: rencontrer
• Translator English - Malay: Pertemuan
• Translator English - German: treffen auf
• Translator English - Japanese: >直面する
• Translator English - Korean: > 부닥치다
• Translator English - Javanese: Manggih
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cuộc gặp gỡ
• Translator English - Tamil: என்கவுண்டர்
• Translator English - Marathi: सामना
• Translator English - Turkish: karşılaşma
• Translator English - Italian: incontrare
• Translator English - Polish: spotkanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: зустріч
• Translator English - Romanian: întâlnire
• Translator English - Greek: συνάντηση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: ontmoeting
• Translator English - Swedish: möter
• Translator English - Norwegian: møte

10 QUOTES WITH «ENCOUNTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word encounter.

1

Maya Angelou

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

2

Piers Anthony

In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it.

3

Richard Avedon

I think all art is about control - the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.

4

Sai Baba

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

5

Hans Urs von Balthasar

Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man.

6

Ashleigh Banfield

If I have been fortunate enough to have risen to a level in this business where people would actually listen to me, then I think I have a duty to convey all truths that I encounter.

7

Nicolas Chamfort

Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day.

8

Gwendoline Christie

Genuine and true love is so rare that when you encounter it in any form, it's a wonderful thing, to be utterly cherished in whatever form it takes.

9

Robert Crais

I began to encounter real-life stories of dogs protecting their wounded or dying or dead handler... or dogs refusing to leave the bodies of the people they were bonded to, sitting in cemeteries for days or sometimes weeks. You find these stories endlessly.

10

Sharon Creech

I once fell 20 feet from a tree, was knocked unconscious, and when I picked myself up and straggled home, my parents thought I was making it up. However, when my brother and I fabricated a story about an encounter with a bear, they believed that! So maybe I learned very early on that fiction was more interesting to listeners!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENCOUNTER»

Discover the use of encounter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to encounter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Encounter

A Taino Indian boy on the island of San Salvador recounts the landing of Columbus and his men in 1492.

Jane Yolen, 1996

Animorphs #3: The Encounter

The wildly popular series by K.A. Applegate is back! The first six books of Animorphs return, with striking new lenticular covers that morph.

K. A. Applegate, 2011

Encounter: Prayer Handbook

In the midst of various situations of life, spiritual as well as psychological, this manual is the golden way to the encounter with God from which emerges communion as the ultimate goal of our prayer.

Ignacio Larrañaga, 1998

Fresh Encounter: God's Pattern for Spiritual Awakening

Revised with nearly half of its material newly written, Fresh Encounter by the authors of Experiencing God helps readers understand how God brings spiritual revival to individuals and the church.

Henry T. Blackaby, Richard Blackaby, Claude V. King, 2009

Dialogue and Deconstruction: The Gadamer-Derrida Encounter

Text of and reflection on the 1981 encounter between Hans-Georg Gadamer and Jacques Derrida, which featured a dialogue between hermeneutics in Germany and post-structuralism in France.

Diane P. Michelfelder, Richard E. Palmer, 1989

Solitude: A Philosophical Encounter

In Koch's Solitude: A Philosophical Encounter, both solitude and encounter emerge as primary modes of human experience, equally essential for human completion. This book both joyfully celebrates and carefully analyzes solitude.

Philip Koch, 1994

Encounter: Receive Christ's Freedom

Encounter! Receive Christ's Freedom will show you how to apply Christ's victory to your own life. This book is an excellent resource for someone who is bound by sinful habits or who simply needs to live an abundant life.

Joel Comiskey, 2006

Anthropology & the Colonial Encounter

[The papers in this book analyse and document ways in which anthropological thinking and practice have been affected by British colonialism.

Talal Asad, 1973

Encounter: Face 2 Face with Jesus

This book looks at the person of Jesus, the power of Jesus, and the glory of Jesus, infusing biblical examples that show how Jesus interacted with people from all walks of life.

Skip Heitzig, 2010

Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with ...

A look at America's foreign policy over the past two hundred years posits the theory that America is struggling with two visions of itself as reflected in its foreign policy

Walter A. McDougall, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENCOUNTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term encounter is used in the context of the following news items.

New Horizons prepares for a close encounter with mysterious Pluto

On July 14th, the Nasa space probe New Horizons will make its closest flyby over the dwarf planet Pluto and begin its first scientific ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

Video: Universal Studios Hollywood Unleashes New 'Jurassic Park …

In May, Universal Studios Orlando launched a new area of the Islands Of Adventure Jurassic Park-themed land where guests could encounter ... «/FILM, Jul 15»

5 Kinds of Food-Shamers You Will Encounter (and How to Deal)

If you've ever had anyone walk in to your cubicle as you were inhaling a Quarter Pounder with Cheese and say, “I didn't know anyone ate fast ... «ABC News, Jul 15»

Two suspects held during encounter in Karachi

KARACHI (Daily Dunya) – Police apprehended as many as two suspects in wounded condition after an alleged encounter in Manghopir area ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»

Man dies in strange encounter in SE Houston

A man died Wednesday night after he ran into a street to get away from a gunman, was hit by a passing vehicle and shot by the suspect. «Chron.com, Jul 15»

Suspect involved in Lahore bank shooting killed in police encounter

Police officers have claimed of killing suspect Abdullah involved in Lahore bank firing during an encounter today (Thursday), Dunya News ... «DunyaNews Pakistan, Jul 15»

Witness names military installation from UFO encounter

The Indiana witness near Clinton who recently recalled a UFO incident from 1994 when a slow moving, triangle-shaped UFO moved low over a ... «Open Minds UFO News, Jul 15»

Constable-turned-militant killed in encounter in Meghalaya

Shillong: Meghalaya police on Thursday gunned down a constable, who had deserted the force and joined the banned Garo National ... «Zee News, Jul 15»

One Spiritual Encounter as a Little Girl Changed Her Life Forever

"One girl took the mic, and the words that came out of her mouth stunned me. She said, 'Can you hear the babies crying?' " (Flickr/Creative ... «Charisma News, Jul 15»

Geelong Cats name Jimmy Bartel and James Kelly for AFL …

He departs the side along with Lachie Hansen (hip), Majak Daw (omitted) and Trent Dumont (omitted) for the encounter that could have big ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»