encounter in English: To meet someone or something without planning to; also the meeting itself. (verb)

Translation

To meet someone or something without planning to; also the meeting itself.

Word origin

From Old French encontrer, built from Latin in and contra, meaning against; at first it meant meeting an enemy.

Verb typeregular (encounter, encounters, encountered)

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"Encounter" means to meet without planning to.

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Here it means to face or come up against something difficult.

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Here "encounter" is a noun; the meeting itself.

meet

To come together with someone in the same place, often for the first time.

find

To see or get something you were looking for or did not expect.

face

The front part of your head, with your eyes, nose, and mouth.

problem

A difficult thing that you need to deal with or a question you need to answer.

stranger

A person you do not know.

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