encounter
US: /ɪnˈkaʊnɝ/, /ɪnˈkaʊntɝ/
UK: /ɛnkˈaʊntɐ/
UK: /ɛnkˈaʊntɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
encounter /in'kauntə/
- danh từ
- sự gặp gỡ, sự bắt gặp; sự gặp phải; cuộc gặp gỡ
- sự chạm trán, sự đọ sức; cuộc chạm trán, cuộc đọ sức; cuộc chạm trán, cuộc đấu (trí...)
- ngoại động từ
- gặp thình lình, bắt gặp
- chạm trán, đọ sức với, đấu với
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [VN]
1 to experience sth, especially sth unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do sth else: We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week. + I had never encountered such resistance before.
2 (formal) to meet sb, or discover or experience sth, especially sb/sth new, unusual or unexpected
Synonym: COME ACROSS
She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered.
+ noun
1 ~ (with sb/sth)
~ (between A and B) a meeting, especially one that is sudden, unexpected or violent: Three of them were killed in the subsequent encounter with the police. + The story describes the extraordinary encounter between a man and a dolphin. + a chance encounter + I've had a number of close encounters (= situations that could have been dangerous) with bad drivers. + It was his first sexual encounter (= first experience of sex). + Flaubert was her first encounter with French literature.
2 a sports match against a particular player or team: She has beaten her opponent in all of their previous encounters.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 meet, come upon, run into or across, happen upon, chance upon, hit upon, light upon, stumble upon, Colloq bump into:
She encountered him again in the supermarket.
2 face, experience, meet with, contend with, be faced with, come into contact with, wrestle with:
She encounters such problems every day.
3 come into conflict with, contend with, assail, cross swords (with), grapple with, engage, joust with, do battle with, confront, clash with, join, meet:
The ballad tells how he encountered the black knight in single combat.
n.
4 meeting:
It was a chance encounter that brought us together.
5 confrontation, brush, quarrel, disagreement, dispute, altercation, engagement, action, battle, fight, clash, conflict, skirmish, contest, competition, duel, contention, struggle, war, Colloq dust-up, scrap, run-in, set-to:
My uncle took part in the bloody encounter in the Ardennes.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
brief
I did not see him again, except for a brief encounter on a train.
| casual, chance, unexpected
It was a chance encounter that led to the setting up of the new political party.
| close
I decided not to risk a second close encounter with the snakes.
| face-to-face | direct
The press conference was her first direct encounter with the media.
| unpleasant, violent | social
the language we use in everyday social encounters
| sexual
VERB + ENCOUNTER
have
I had my first encounter with the president two years ago.
ENCOUNTER + VERB
take place
PREP.
~ between
violent encounters between police and protesters
| ~ with
my first encounter with my new boss
ADV.
commonly, frequently, often, regularly
Walruses were commonly encountered in the Shetland Islands until quite recently.
| rarely | inevitably
VERB + ENCOUNTER
be likely to
What are the difficulties you are most likely to encounter?
Concise English dictionary
encounters|encountered|encounteringɪn'kaʊntə
noun
+a minor short-term fight
+a casual or unexpected convergence
+a casual meeting with a person of thing
+a hostile disagreement face-to-face
verb
+come together
+come upon, as if by accident; meet with
+be beset by
+experience as a reaction
+contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
