Synonym: battle, collide, come across, confront, meet, oppose. Similar words: counter, countermand, counterpart, encourage, county, country, count on, count out. Meaning: [ɪn'kaʊntə] 
n. 1. a minor short-term fight 2. a casual or unexpected convergence 3. a casual meeting with a person of thing 4. a hostile disagreement face-to-face. v. 1. come together 2. come upon, as if by accident; meet with 3. be beset by 4. experience as a reaction 5. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.
n. 1. a minor short-term fight 2. a casual or unexpected convergence 3. a casual meeting with a person of thing 4. a hostile disagreement face-to-face. v. 1. come together 2. come upon, as if by accident; meet with 3. be beset by 4. experience as a reaction 5. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. 
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31. I had a rather alarming encounter with a wild pig.
32. It is hard for the able-bodied to understand the difficulties that disabled people encounter in their daily lives.
33. Three of them were killed in the subsequent encounter with the police.
34. The story describes the extraordinary encounter between a man and a dolphin.
35. After his first encounter with her, he swept her off her feet.
36. This meeting will be the first encounter between the party leaders since the election.
37. What are the difficulties you are most likely to encounter?
38. The two men closed with each other in a wrestling encounter.
39. I had my first encounter with the president two years ago.
40. Computers work out the stresses that such a craft will encounter in flight.
41. Bernstein began training the young musician after a chance encounter at a concert .
42. The press conference was her first direct encounter with the media.
43. I had a bruising encounter with my ex-husband last week.
44. Nkrumah's first encounter with Nehru was less happy.
45. Cooley describes how the encounter with the author happens.
46. This trek also marked our first encounter with leeches.
47. Then they encounter an odd situation.
48. Could you afford a brief encounter?
49. He would be no prettier after this encounter.
50. Authors can also encounter some more serious difficulties.
51. A chance encounter in a restaurant is a prospect.
52. This was my first personal encounter with Basil Rocke.
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53. John Charlton had not moved since the first encounter.
54. These evinced no embarrassment at the encounter.
55. The encounter ends with Robert incompetently kidnapping Celine.
56. Had there, despite Terry Gill's denials(sentencedict.com), been an encounter?
57. She also outlined another misconception that could explain the suspicion research nurses often encounter among other nurses.
58. If he went abroad she wouldn't even encounter him accidentally.
59. Once before, following another encounter, a brutal and terrifying encounter, she had recognized that.
60. An officer who spent his career patrolling a middle-class suburb would only in extreme circumstances be involved in a physical encounter.
More similar words: counter, countermand, counterpart, encourage, county, country, count on, count out, account, encouraging, discount, account for, encouragement, accounting, hunter, on account of, accountability, take into account, developing countries, encompass, mount, haunted, in consequence, amount to, surmount, volunteer, council, counsel, scoundrel, counselor.