Encounter (psychology)
WordNet
noun
(1) A casual meeting with a person of thing
(2) A minor short-term fight
(3) A hostile disagreement face-to-face
(4) A casual or unexpected convergence
"He still remembers their meeting in Paris"
"There was a brief encounter in the hallway"
verb
(5) Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
"Charlie likes to play Mary"
(6) Come together
"I'll probably see you at the meeting"
"How nice to see you again!"
(7) 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"
(8) Be beset by
"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
(9) Experience as a reaction
"My proposal met with much opposition"
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Etymology
Recorded since 1297, from encountrer "confront," from encontre "against, counter to", from Late Latin incontra "in front of", itself from in- "in" + contra "against"
Verb
- To meet (someone) or find (something) unexpectedly.
- To confront (someone or something), notably face to face.
- To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
Noun
- An unplanned or unexpected meeting.
- Their encounter was a matter of chance
- A hostile meeting; a confrontation or skirmish.
- A sudden, often violent clash, as between combattants
Synonyms
- (unplanned meeting):
- (hostile meeting): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmish