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Meaning of "rencounter" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RENCOUNTER

From French rencontre, from rencontrer.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RENCOUNTER

rencounter  [rɛnˈkaʊntə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RENCOUNTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rencounter 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 rencounter in English.

WHAT DOES RENCOUNTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rencounter in the English dictionary

The first definition of rencounter in the dictionary is an unexpected meeting. Other definition of rencounter is a hostile clash, as of two armies, adversaries, etc; skirmish. Rencounter is also to meet unexpectedly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RENCOUNTER

PRESENT

Present
I rencounter
you rencounter
he/she/it rencounters
we rencounter
you rencounter
they rencounter
Present continuous
I am rencountering
you are rencountering
he/she/it is rencountering
we are rencountering
you are rencountering
they are rencountering
Present perfect
I have rencountered
you have rencountered
he/she/it has rencountered
we have rencountered
you have rencountered
they have rencountered
Present perfect continuous
I have been rencountering
you have been rencountering
he/she/it has been rencountering
we have been rencountering
you have been rencountering
they have been rencountering
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 rencountered
you rencountered
he/she/it rencountered
we rencountered
you rencountered
they rencountered
Past continuous
I was rencountering
you were rencountering
he/she/it was rencountering
we were rencountering
you were rencountering
they were rencountering
Past perfect
I had rencountered
you had rencountered
he/she/it had rencountered
we had rencountered
you had rencountered
they had rencountered
Past perfect continuous
I had been rencountering
you had been rencountering
he/she/it had been rencountering
we had been rencountering
you had been rencountering
they had been rencountering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will rencounter
you will rencounter
he/she/it will rencounter
we will rencounter
you will rencounter
they will rencounter
Future continuous
I will be rencountering
you will be rencountering
he/she/it will be rencountering
we will be rencountering
you will be rencountering
they will be rencountering
Future perfect
I will have rencountered
you will have rencountered
he/she/it will have rencountered
we will have rencountered
you will have rencountered
they will have rencountered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been rencountering
you will have been rencountering
he/she/it will have been rencountering
we will have been rencountering
you will have been rencountering
they will have been rencountering
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would rencounter
you would rencounter
he/she/it would rencounter
we would rencounter
you would rencounter
they would rencounter
Conditional continuous
I would be rencountering
you would be rencountering
he/she/it would be rencountering
we would be rencountering
you would be rencountering
they would be rencountering
Conditional perfect
I would have rencounter
you would have rencounter
he/she/it would have rencounter
we would have rencounter
you would have rencounter
they would have rencounter
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been rencountering
you would have been rencountering
he/she/it would have been rencountering
we would have been rencountering
you would have been rencountering
they would have been rencountering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you rencounter
we let´s rencounter
you rencounter
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to rencounter
Past participle
rencountered
Present Participle
rencountering
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RENCOUNTER


compter
ˈkaʊntə
counter
ˈkaʊntə
discounter
ˈdɪskaʊntə
encounter
ɪnˈkaʊntə
Gunther
ˈɡʊntə
junta
ˈdʒʊntə
mounter
ˈmaʊntə
recounter
rɪˈkaʊntə
reencounter
ˌriːɪnˈkaʊntə
surmounter
sɜːˈmaʊntə
under-the-counter
ˈʌndəðəˈkaʊntə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RENCOUNTER

rename
Renan
renascence
renascent
renationalise
renationalize
renaturation
renature
renay
rencontre
rend
Rendell
render
renderable
renderer
rendering
rendering coat
rendering plant
rendezvous
rendible

WORDS THAT END LIKE RENCOUNTER

bean-counter
bounty hunter
bunter
center
checkout counter
cool hunter
food counter
foxhunter
Geiger counter
grunter
Gunter
headhunter
hunter
munter
over the counter
over-the-counter
punter
scintillation counter
shunter
ticket counter
witch-hunter

Synonyms and antonyms of rencounter in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «rencounter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RENCOUNTER

Find out the translation of rencounter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rencounter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rencounter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

rencounter
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reencuentro
570 millions of speakers

English

rencounter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rencounter
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rencounter
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

rencounter
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reencontrar-se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠোকাঠুকি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rencounter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rencounter
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rencounter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rencounter
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rencounter
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rencounter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tao ngộ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சண்டையிடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दरोडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rencounter
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rencounter
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rencounter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

rencounter
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rencounter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

rencounter
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

duel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rencounter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rencounter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rencounter

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RENCOUNTER»

The term «rencounter» is normally little used and occupies the 127.698 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RENCOUNTER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rencounter» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rencounter» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rencounter

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RENCOUNTER»

Discover the use of rencounter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rencounter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A History of the Rencounter at Drumclog, and Battle at ...
3061 as a sort of aid-de-eanip to Balfour, at the siege of Tillietudlem, about a week after the rencounter at Drumclog. Captain Paton of Fieadowhead, is also mentioned (vol. 3, p. 44) as l'eing with the Covenanters at the skirmish at Drumclog, ...
William Aiton, 1821
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The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General ...
General Nature of the Right of Self-defense, 805. tn. Right of Self-defense Where Defendant Provoked the Rencounter or was the Aggressor, 805. IV. Necessity for Provoking Party or Aggressor to Have Ahandoned the Rencounter in Order to ...
Abraham Clark Freeman, 1906
3
Nature's Realm
But Professor Joe, according to the account of Narcisse Rencounter, from whom, in his little cabin hidden in a thicket, the main facts concerning the experiences of the wandering taxidermist at the Sioux village were gathered, was likewise an ...
‎1891
4
Cream of the Law: The Best Things from the Best Cases
Right of self-defense by one who has made an attack, voluntarily entered, upon a rencounter. 109 Am. St. Rep. 804-826. 1. Scope of note. 2. General nature of the right of self-defense. 3. Right of self-defense where defendant provoked the ...
Emerson Etheridge Ballard, 1907
5
The Return of the Native
"A drama of passion and nemesis, enacted amidst the wild and solemn scenery of an imaginary heath, and animated profoundly the the author's philosophy of revolt.
Thomas Hardy, 1922
6
Derrida, Literature and War: Absence and the Chance of Meeting
In Tess ofthe D'Urbervilles (1 891), it is the “heavy moment” of “the rencounter” between Tess and Alec D'Urberville that begins the inexorable narrative.4 As overwrought as the chance meetings may seem in Hardy's work, as a writer he is  ...
Sean Gaston, 2009
7
Return of the Native
The. Rencounter. by. the. Pool. The July sun shone over Egdon and fired its crimson heather to scarlet. It was the one season of the year, and the one weather of the season, in which the heath was gorgeous. This flowering period represented ...
Thomas Hardy, 2009
8
The Magazine of the Reformed Dutch Church
The duel differs from assassination, which is a murderous assault by one or more individuals on a person, who is neither forewarned, nor prepared for defence. It differs from the rencounter, — which is neither planned, nor anticipated by either  ...
William Craig Brownlee, 1829
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The Universal Magazine
Should a quarrel ensue, and the paities go out, he makes no effort to compromise the dispute ; but sits with a pleasing expectation to learn the issue of the rencounter. If the young man is wounded, he kisses him with transport, extols his  ...
‎1794
10
The New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English ...
... and Authorised by the Best Writers ... Thomas Nugent, J.S. Charrier (ed. lit.) Rencounter, rencontre, f. Rencounter, v. Je rencontrer lend) va. déchirer i rampre tender, rrndrt [dufíion, f, Rendering, /. reddition ¡ tra. Rendezvous, rendezvous, m.
Thomas Nugent, J.S. Charrier (ed. lit.), 1784

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RENCOUNTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rencounter is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why are there so many duels in literature?
Clarissa's elder brother, James, cannot forgive the aristocratic rake Robert Lovelace for besting him in a “rencounter” at the start of the story – and then sparing ... «New Statesman, Jun 15»
2
HEARTBREAKING: How Nigerian Music Legend Turned Into Beggar
Shortly after the rencounter with the former music star, the impressed Edgar shared his experience and sad feelings in his blog. “Did we fail him as Nigerians, did ... «NAIJ.COM, Jun 15»
3
Entenrennen beim Saarburger Frühling
... den teilnehmenden Saarburger Fachgeschäften oder am verkaufsoffenen Sonntag von 11 bis 14.30 Uhr am Hau-Ruck Enten-Rencounter erworben werden. «Trierischer Volksfreund, Mar 15»
4
Free self-defence class for women
To mark International Women's Day, self-defence school Rencounter and the Crags Community Sports Centre are inviting all women over 16 to a free ... «The Edinburgh Reporter, Mar 15»
5
Dine on our Dime: The Bayou in Monett
For folks who live on the outskirts of town like Richard Rencounter, having a meal out can mean a long drive, but when he discovered the Bayou in Monett, this ... «Springfield News-Leader, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Rencounter [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/rencounter>. May 2024 ».
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