encounter
verb
[ ɪnˈkaʊntə ]
• unexpectedly be faced with or experience (something hostile or difficult).
• "we have encountered one small problem"
Similar:
experience,
come into contact with,
run into,
come across,
come up against,
face,
be faced with,
confront,
be forced to contend with,
• meet (someone) unexpectedly.
• "what do we know about the people we encounter in our daily lives?"
Similar:
meet,
meet by chance,
run into,
run across,
come across,
come upon,
stumble across,
stumble on,
chance on,
happen on,
bump into,
run against,
encounter
noun
• an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something.
• "she felt totally unnerved by the encounter"
Origin:
Middle English (in the senses ‘meet as an adversary’ and ‘a meeting of adversaries’; formerly also as incounter ): from Old French encontrer (verb), encontre (noun), based on Latin in- ‘in’ + contra ‘against’.
