to encounter is a form of:

Encounter



noun
1.
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
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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