ENCOUNTER


Meaning of ENCOUNTER in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ brief

I did not see him again, except for a brief ~ on a train.

▪ first , initial

▪ last , previous

▪ early

her early ~s with contemporary art

▪ recent

▪ final

▪ casual , chance , random , unexpected

It was a chance ~ that led to the setting up of the new political party.

▪ close , intimate

I decided not to risk a second close ~ with the snakes.

▪ face-to-face , personal

▪ direct

The press conference was her first direct ~ with the media.

▪ fateful , strange

▪ aggressive , armed , dangerous , unpleasant , violent

▪ cultural , social

the language we use in everyday social ~s

▪ colonial

the colonial ~ of indigenous craftsmen with Europeans

▪ erotic , sexual

▪ romantic

▪ homosexual

▪ alien

examination of UFO sightings and alien ~s

VERB + ENCOUNTER

▪ have

I had my first ~ with him two years ago.

▪ survive

Few men survive an ~ with her!

▪ win

▪ avoid

▪ recall , remember

▪ describe

ENCOUNTER + VERB

▪ occur , take place

▪ result in sth

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ between

violent ~s between police and protesters

▪ ~ with

my first ~ with my new boss

II.

verb

ADVERB

▪ commonly , frequently , often , regularly

Walruses were commonly ~ed in the Shetland Islands until recently.

▪ normally

▪ occasionally

▪ rarely

▪ never

▪ first

an idea I first ~ed when I was in the army

▪ previously

VERB + ENCOUNTER

▪ be likely to

What are the difficulties you are most likely to ~?

Encounter is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ barrier , ↑ delay , ↑ difficulty , ↑ discrimination , ↑ hazard , ↑ hostility , ↑ interference , ↑ obstacle , ↑ opposition , ↑ prejudice , ↑ problem , ↑ resistance , ↑ roadblock , ↑ situation

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