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Synonyms for encountering

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-koun-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkaʊn tər

Top 10 synonyms for encountering
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Définition of encountering

Origin :
  • c.1300, "meeting of adversaries, confrontation," from Old French encontre "meeting; fight; opportunity," noun use of preposition/adverb encontre "against, counter to" from Late Latin incontra "in front of," from Latin in- "in" (see in- (2)) + contra "against" (see contra). Modern use of the word in psychology is from 1967, from the work of U.S. psychologist Carl Rogers (1902-1987). Encounter group attested from 1967.
  • verb happen upon
  • verb fight, attack
Example sentences :
  • About midway down it, what was his astonishment at encountering Hamish!
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • He kicked out with his feet, encountering a great, hard body.
  • Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
  • There are two ways of encountering an anti-climax, an heroic, an unheroic.
  • Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • As for his not encountering the salesman until now, he had been lucky.
  • Extract from : « They Twinkled Like Jewels » by Philip Jos Farmer
  • She had not spoken to him—ergo, the emotion of encountering him was too great for her.
  • Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
  • Reuben was perturbed, as any mere mortal might expect to be on encountering a goddess.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
  • In encountering other dangers, there is a large hope, too, of impunity.
  • Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 » by Various
  • I dreamed not of encountering him, and if I had, I should have felt secure, for how could he recognize me?
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • Most people felt like that after encountering Jill's Uncle Christopher.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • They were afraid of encountering any of the Sioux, who are near you, I think.
  • Extract from : « Picked up at Sea » by J.C. Hutcheson

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