encountering

verbhappen upon
verbfight, attack

Synonyms for encountering

verb happen upon

Antonyms for encountering

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for encountering

About midway down it, what was his astonishment at encountering Hamish!

He kicked out with his feet, encountering a great, hard body.

There are two ways of encountering an anti-climax, an heroic, an unheroic.

As for his not encountering the salesman until now, he had been lucky.

She had not spoken to him—ergo, the emotion of encountering him was too great for her.

Reuben was perturbed, as any mere mortal might expect to be on encountering a goddess.

In encountering other dangers, there is a large hope, too, of impunity.

I dreamed not of encountering him, and if I had, I should have felt secure, for how could he recognize me?

Most people felt like that after encountering Jill's Uncle Christopher.

They were afraid of encountering any of the Sioux, who are near you, I think.

encountering

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