- Types Of Speech
- You can use encounter as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Encounter
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters c, e, n, o, r, t, and u, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter u. Encounter starts with a vowel and ends in a consonant with the starting letters e, en, enc, enco, encou, and the ending characters are r, er, ter, nter, unter, ..
- Definition
- A casual meeting with a person of thing
- Origin/Roots
- Anglo Norman
- School Grade
- Encounter is set as a grade six word that starts with e, ends with r, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Encounter in Pig Latin is said as "encounteray or encounterway".
- Unigram
- e | n | c | o | u | n | t | e | r
- Bigram
- en | nc | co | ou | un | nt | te | er
- Trigram
- enc | nco | cou | oun | unt | nte | ter
- Quadrigram
- enco | ncou | coun | ount | unte | nter
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a casual meeting with a person of thing
- a minor short-term fight
- a hostile disagreement face-to-face
- a casual or unexpected convergence;
"he still remembers their meeting in Paris";
"there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
- Verb Examples
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend";
"Charlie likes to play Mary" - come together;
"I'll probably see you at the meeting";
"How nice to see you again!" - come upon, as if by accident;
meet with;
"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;
"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" - experience as a reaction;
"My proposal met with much opposition"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abide | put up with something or somebody unpleasant "I cannot bear his constant criticism" "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks" "he learned to tolerate the heat" "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
| Accost | |
| Acknowledge | accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the throne" "We do not recognize your gods" |
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| Adopt | take into one''s family "They adopted two children from Nicaragua" |
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
| Advancement | gradual improvement or growth or development "advancement of knowledge" "great progress in the arts" |
| Affray | a noisy fight |
| Affront | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Encounter
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Encounter | a casual meeting with a person of thing |
View English words with the unique letters used in encounter. Words With The Letters Cenortu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Come Across | |
| Encounter | a casual meeting with a person of thing |
| Meet | a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held |
| Ran Into | |
| Run Across | |
| See | the seat within a bishop''s diocese where his cathedral is located |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Connection | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) "the joining of hands around the table" "there was a connection via the internet" |
| Connexion | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) "the joining of hands around the table" "there was a connection via the internet" |
| Joining | the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) "the joining of hands around the table" "there was a connection via the internet" |
Encounter Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With E
- Ends With R
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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