Hyphenation of ENCOUNTER

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ENCOUNTER? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

EN-COUNTER

Definitions of ENCOUNTER:

1.
A minor short-term fight
2.
A casual or unexpected convergence
He still remembers their meeting in Paris There was a brief encounter in the hallway
3.
A casual meeting with a person or thing
4.
A hostile disagreement face-to-face
5.
Come together
I'll probably see you at the meeting How nice to see you again!
6.
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
7.
Be beset by
The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
8.
Experience as a reaction
My proposal met with much opposition
9.
Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Princeton plays Yale this weekend Charlie likes to play Mary

Synonyms of ENCOUNTER:

noun brush, clash, skirmish, fight, fighting, combat, scrap
noun meeting, convergence
nouncoming upon, joining, connection, connexion
noun confrontation, showdown, face-off, disagreement
verb meet, ran into, run across, come across, see
verb find, happen, chance, bump
verbrun into, be
verb meet, receive, have, experience
verb meet, play, take on

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