encounter

encounter /in'kauntə/
  • danh từ
    • sự gặp gỡ, sự bắt gặp; sự gặp phải; cuộc gặp gỡ
    • sự chạm trán, sự đọ sức; cuộc chạm trán, cuộc đọ sức; cuộc chạm trán, cuộc đấu (trí...)
    • ngoại động từ
      • gặp thình lình, bắt gặp
      • chạm trán, đọ sức với, đấu với

     sự va chạm
    Lĩnh vực: toán & tin
     bắt gặp

    encounter group
     nhóm gặp gỡ
    encounter problem
     bài toán gặp nhau

    Xem thêm: brush, clash, skirmish, meeting, coming upon, confrontation, showdown, face-off, meet, run into, run across, come across, see, find, happen, chance, bump, run into, meet, receive, meet, play, take on



    encounter

    Từ điển Collocation

    encounter noun

    ADJ. brief I did not see him again, except for a brief encounter on a train. | casual, chance, unexpected It was a chance encounter that led to the setting up of the new political party. | close I decided not to risk a second close encounter with the snakes. | face-to-face | direct The press conference was her first direct encounter with the media. | unpleasant, violent | social the language we use in everyday social encounters | sexual

    VERB + ENCOUNTER have I had my first encounter with the president two years ago.

    ENCOUNTER + VERB take place

    PREP. ~ between violent encounters between police and protesters | ~ with my first encounter with my new boss


    Từ điển WordNet

      v.

    • come together; meet, run into, run across, come across, see

      I'll probably see you at the meeting

      How nice to see you again!

    • come upon, as if by accident; meet with; find, happen, chance, bump

      We find this idea in Plato

      I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here

      She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day

    • be beset by; run into

      The project ran into numerous financial difficulties

    • experience as a reaction; meet, receive

      My proposal met with much opposition

    • contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; meet, play, take on

      Princeton plays Yale this weekend

      Charlie likes to play Mary


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    encounters|encountered|encountering
    syn.: battle collide come across confront meet oppose