Dictionary Entry
encounter
encounter is a 9-letter English word with 13 senses as adverb, intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
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.
- 2intransitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
- 4transitive verb
A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
- 5noun
a casual meeting with a person or thing
- 6noun
a minor short-term fight
- 7noun
a hostile disagreement face-to-face
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- 8noun
a casual or unexpected convergence
"he still remembers their meeting in Paris"
"there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
Synonyms
- 9verb
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
"Charlie likes to play Mary"
- 10verb
come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"
"How nice to see you again!"
- 11verb
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"
- 12verb
be beset by
"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
- 13verb
experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
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