encounter - Meaning in Sanskrit

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encounter - Meaning in Sanskrit

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Definitions and Meaning of encounter in English

encounter noun

1. a casual meeting with a person or thing

   Synonyms

   coming upon

2. a minor short-term fight

   Synonyms

   brush, brush, clash, skirmish

3. a hostile disagreement face-to-face

   Synonyms

   confrontation, face-off, showdown

4. a casual or unexpected convergence

   Synonyms

   meeting

   Examples

   • "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"
   • "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

encounter verb

1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

   Synonyms

   meet, play, take on

   Examples

   • "Charlie likes to play Mary"
   • "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
2. come together

   Synonyms

   come across, meet, run across, run into, see, see

   Examples

   • "How nice to see you again!"
   • "I'll probably see you at the meeting"
3. come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   Synonyms

   bump, chance, chance, find, happen

   Examples

   • "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"
   • "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
   • "We find this idea in Plato"
4. be beset by

   Synonyms

   run into

   Example

   • "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
5. experience as a reaction

   Synonyms

   meet, receive

   Example

   • "My proposal met with much opposition"

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