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`Definition of encounter in English:
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`VERB
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`[WITH OBJECT]
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`Unexpectedly be faced with or experience
`(something hostile or difficult)
`‘we have encountered one small problem’
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`Meet (someone) unexpectedly.
`‘what do we know about the people we
`encounter in our daily lives?’
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`NOUN
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`An unexpected or casual meeting with
`someone or something.
`‘she felt totally unnerved by the encounter’
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` A confrontation or unpleasant struggle.
`‘his close encounter with death’
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`South Asian A violent incident in which a
`suspected criminal is killed by a member
`of the police, especially under
`controversial circumstances.
`‘he was shot dead in a police encounter’
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`[as modifier] ‘officers responsible for
`encounter killings’
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`Origin
`Middle English (in the senses ‘meet as an
`adversary’ and ‘a meeting of adversaries’; formerly
`also as incounter): from Old French encontrer
`(verb), encontre (noun), based on Latin in- ‘in’ +
`contra ‘against’.
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`Pronunciation
`encounter /ɛnˈkaʊntə/ /ɪnˈkaʊntə/
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