transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnkaʊntə(r) ]
( encounters, encountering, encountered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you encounter problems or difficulties, you experience them.
Every day of our lives we encounter stresses of one kind or another...
VERB : V n
2.
If you encounter someone, you meet them, usually unexpectedly. ( FORMAL )
Did you encounter anyone in the building?...
= meet
VERB : V n
3.
An encounter with someone is a meeting with them, particularly one that is unexpected or significant.
The author tells of a remarkable encounter with a group of South Vietnamese soldiers.
N-COUNT : usu with supp
4.
An encounter is a particular type of experience.
...a sexual encounter.
...his first serious encounter with alcohol.
N-COUNT : usu with supp