 |
encounter
Found in thesaurus: scrap, combat, fight, fighting, convergence, connection, connexion, joining, disagreement, be, experience, have
| Babylon English | Download this dictionary |
encounter
v.
meet by chance; face, meet with (difficulties, hardship, etc.)
n.
chance meeting
| English Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia | Download this dictionary |
Encounter
Encounter may refer to:
In arts and entertainment
In film and television
- Encounter (TV series), a 1958 CBC/ABC series
- Encounters (TV series), 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 (2013 film), a 2013 Bengali film
- Encounter (Indian TV series), a 2014 Indian television series
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
Encounter!
Encounter! is an album led by saxophonist Pepper Adams which was recorded in 1968 and released on the Prestige label.
| See more at Wikipedia.org... |
© This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
| WordNet 2.0 | Download this dictionary |
encounter
Noun
1. a minor short-term fight
(synonym) brush, clash, skirmish
(hypernym) fight, fighting, combat, scrap
(hyponym) contretemps
(derivation) meet, play, take on
2. a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
(synonym) meeting
(hypernym) convergence
(hyponym) conjunction, alignment
(derivation) find, happen, chance, bump
3. a casual meeting with a person of thing
(synonym) coming upon
(hypernym) joining, connection, connexion
(derivation) meet, ran into, run across, come across, see
4. a hostile disagreement face-to-face
(synonym) confrontation, showdown, face-off
(hypernym) disagreement
Verb
1. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
(synonym) meet, ran into, run across, come across, see
(hyponym) intersect, cross
(verb-group) meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather
(derivation) coming upon
2. 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) find, happen, chance, bump
(derivation) meeting
3. be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
(synonym) run into
(hypernym) be
4. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
(synonym) meet, receive
(hypernym) have, experience
5. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
(synonym) meet, play, take on
(hyponym) confront, face
(entail) compete, vie, contend
(verb-group) play
(derivation) brush, clash, skirmish
| Babylon English-Czech | Download this dictionary |
encounter
v.
setkat se; narazit
n.
setkání; střet
| Babylon English-Polish | Download this dictionary |
encounter
Czas.
doświadczać; spotykać (się) (z czymś); niespodziewanie spotykać kogoś/się z czymś; doświadczać
Rzecz.
nieoczekiwanie i nieprzyjemne spotkanie
