English to English
noun
- a minor short-term fight
source: WordNet 3.0
- a casual or unexpected convergence
He still remembers their meeting in Paris.
There was a brief encounter in the hallway.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a casual meeting with a person or thing
source: WordNet 3.0
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
source: WordNet 3.0
- A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- come together
I'll probably see you at the meeting.
How nice to see you again!.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be beset by
The project ran into numerous financial difficulties.
source: WordNet 3.0
- experience as a reaction
My proposal met with much opposition.
source: WordNet 3.0
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Princeton plays Yale this weekend.
Charlie likes to play Mary.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [encáunter] Tagpô; sagupà; banggâ; bunggô
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [encáunter] Mákatagpô; sumalubong; sumagupà; dumaluhong
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
