encounter

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
2. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
3. (intransitive, rare) To meet one another.
4. (intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
5. (India, euphemistic, transitive) To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.

Noun

1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
2. A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
3. A match between two opposing sides.
4. A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
5. The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
6. (India) An extrajudicial killing or execution.

Concepten

treffen

ontmoeten

tegenkomen

inslaan

raken

halen

teisteren

ontmoeting

aantreffen

🔍

reiken tot

inhalen

behalen

bereiken

klaarspelen

houwen

klappen

👏

slagen voor

slagen

slaan

opvallen

doorkomen

kloppen

botsing

💥

meppen

omgang

ondervinden

ontvangst

pakken

samenkomen

tegemoet treden

toegang

vangen

vastgrijpen

vastpakken

vatten

verband

verbeurd verklaren

verhouding

verkeer

vernemen

verstandhouding

vinden

🔍

waarnemen

confronteren

aanboren

confrontatie

aangrijpen

aanneming

aanvaarding

acceptatie

Synoniemen

meet

come across

meeting

find

🔍

see

👀

face

run into

run across

confront

fight

clash

combat

meet with

hit

skirmish

strike

run up against

score

conflict

get

battle

experience

attain

catch

oppose

meet by chance

discover

attack

👊

rendezvous

brush

come upon

engagement

chance meeting

confrontation

bump into

arrive at

coming upon

reach

accomplish

play

war

take on

come up against

struggle

achieve

happen upon

resist

bump

contact

breast

Vertalingen

rencontrer

encuentro

rencontre

incontrare

incontro

Begegnung

treffen

trouver

🔍

encontrar

αντιμετωπίζω

acertar

dar no alvo

συνάντηση

atingir

recontrer

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪnˈkaʊntə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: encountren

In summary

From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”).