to encounter is a form of:
Encounter
noun
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- ការប្រយុទ្ធតទល់, ការវាយលុក, យាយី, ការដាក់ប្រជល់មុខគ្នា, កើតទុក្ខ, chance encounter ការជួបប្រទះ, military encounter ការប៉ះទង្គិច, ការប្រយុទ្ធ
Example: Let me tell you about an encounter I once had with a poisonous snake. - 2.
- ការជួបប្រទះ, ការប៉ះទង្គិច
verb — past tense: encountered ; past participle: encountered ; present participle: encountering ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ (between A and B), (with somebody / something) (to meet, especially by chance or unexpectedly, to find oneself faced with to meet in conflict) ជួបប្រទះ
Example: We encountered our old neighbors while shopping at the supermarket. - 2.
- ជួបប្រទះ, ពើបប្រទះ, ប៉ះទង្គិច
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
- 2.
- A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
verb — past tense: encountered ; past participle: encountered ; present participle: encountering ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo.
adverb
- 1.
- To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth.
- 1.
- collide, confront, engage, greet, intersect, meet
- 2.
- battle, collision, combat, duel, fight, meeting, struggle
- 1.
- cleave, disperse, part, scatter, separate
- 2.
- amity, concord, consonance, harmony