Encounter

Verb

 * 1)  To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
 * 2)  To confront (someone or something), notably face to face.
 * 3)  To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.

Noun

 * 1) An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
 * ''Their encounter was a matter of chance
 * 1) A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
 * 2) A sudden, often violent clash, as between combattants

Synonyms

 * (unplanned meeting):
 * (hostile meeting): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmish

Derived terms

 * close encounter

Adverbs for Encounter
repeatedly; proudly; frequently; occasionally; obliquely;  cheerfully; unexpectedly; fearlessly; accidentally; murderously; romantically; amiably; awkwardly; fatally; chivalrously; bitterly.

Thesaurus
Olympic games, Olympics, accost, action, advance, affront, alight upon, altercation, approach, appropinquate, approximate, appulse, argument, assail, bang, bang into, battle, be exposed to, be subjected to, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, blunder upon, bout, brave, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring to bay, bring up, brunt, brush, bulldozing, bulling, bump, bump into, cannon, carambole, carom, carom into, challenge, chance upon, clash, clash with, close, close in, close with, collide, collision, collision course, come, come across, come among, come closer, come forward, come into collision, come near, come on, come up, come up against, come upon, competition, concours, concuss, concussion, conflict, confront, confront each other, confront with, confrontation, contend with, contention, contest, crack up, crack-up, crash, crash into, cross swords with, crump, crunch, dare, dash into, defy, derby, disagreement, discover serendipitously, dispute, draw near, draw nigh, duel, endure, engage, engagement, envisage, experience, face, face with, fall across, fall among, fall foul of, fall in with, fall upon, feel, fight, fight hand-to-hand, foul, fray, front, gain upon, game, games, go, go through, grapple with, gymkhana, hammering, happen upon, have, hit, hit against, hit upon, hurt, hurtle, impact, impinge, impingement, join, joining, joust, knock, knock against, know, labor under, lay before, light upon, match, matching, mauling, meet, meet head-on, meet squarely, meet up with, meet with, meeting, narrow squeak, narrow the gap, near, near thing, near-miss, onslaught, pass through, pay, percuss, percussion, pitch upon, place before, present to, proximate, put it to, quarrel, rally, ramming, rencontre, run, run across, run into, run smack into, run up against, run upon, run-in, scrap, set before, set-to, shock, sideswipe, sidle up to, skirmish, slam into, sledgehammering, smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, smash-up, smashing, spend, stand under, stem, step up, strike, strike against, struggle, stumble on, stumble upon, suffer, sustain, take on, taste, test, thrusting, tilt, tournament, tourney, trial, tumble on, turn up, undergo, war, whomp, wrestle with

Etymology
Recorded since 1297, encountrer:,  encontrer: from encontre:, from  incontra:  itself from  in-: + contra:.

Verb

 * Arabic: صادف, لاقى
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 遇見, 遇见,  ,
 * Dutch: ontmoeten, stuiten/botsen (op ...)
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: összetalálkozik, belebotlik
 * Japanese: 会う (あう, au), 遭遇する, 遭う
 * Latin: nanciscor
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: (неожиданно), ,


 * Dutch: ontmoeten, oog in oog staan (met ...)
 * Finnish: ottaa yhteen
 * Portuguese: assustar, surpreender-se


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: наталкиваться (на трудности), столкнуться (с трудностями)


 * Dutch: confronteren, het hoofd bieden
 * Hungarian: összetűzésbe keveredik


 * Russian: сталкиваться, иметь столкновение

Noun

 * Dutch: (ongeplande) ontmoeting, treffen
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:


 * Hungarian:
 * Russian: случайная встреча


 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:


 * Russian:, ; ,


 * Dutch: ,


 * : rencontre


 * : Begegnung