English Dictionary

encounter

/ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/

verb

(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly. / (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.

I encountered a bear while hiking in the woods.

意味（1）

(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.

It ran derailed for about 500 yards before encountering a set of points, which caused it to veer into the path of an Immingham-Ferrybridge coal train, powered by Freightliner 66521 (one of a class of locomotive well-known for being well-built enough to destroy anything that got in its way).

意味（2）

(transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.

意味（3）

(transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.

Three armies encountered at Waterloo.

意味（4）

(transitive, India) To execute someone extrajudicially.

Speaking to the media, Minister Reddy said, He (the child rapist) should be encountered. We will nab the accused and will encounter him. We will stand by the victim's family. We console them and will provide aid to the family. We will encounter him. Rapist of six-year-old will be nabbed and killed in encounter: Telangana Minister