encounter

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Synonyms: rencounter, incounter, counter, encounters, enchanter, uncounted, reencounter, encruster, encounterer, enaunter, recounter

Antonyms: rencounter, incounter, counter, encounters, enchanter, uncounted, reencounter, encruster, encounterer, enaunter, recounter

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[meet]] (someone) or find (something), especially [[unexpectedly]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[confront]] (someone or something) face to face.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|rare}} To meet one another.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[engage]] in [[conflict]], as with an enemy.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|euphemistic|Indian English}} 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. {{lb|en|sports}} A [[match]] between two opposing sides.
4. {{lb|en|sexuality}} A [[sex]]ual 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. {{lb|en|sciences}} The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
6. {{lb|en|Indian English}} An [[extrajudicial]] [[killing]] or [[execution]].

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