ENCOUNTER


Meaning of ENCOUNTER in English

n.

Function: noun

Date: 14th century

1 : a meeting between hostile factions or persons : a sudden often violent clash <an encounter between the police and demonstrators>

2 a : a chance meeting <an accidental encounter > b : a particular kind of meeting or experience with another person <a romantic encounter >

3 : a coming into the vicinity of a celestial body <the Martian encounter of a spacecraft>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.