LEARNit Dictionary

encounter

verb
B2
OPAL
1
B2
to experience something, especially something unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do something else
مواجه شدن, برخورد کردن
synonym meet(8), run into
2
B2
to meet somebody, or discover or experience something, especially somebody/something new, unusual or unexpected
روبرو شدن, مواجه شدن, برخورد کردن
She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered.
Plant scientists first encountered the phenomenon in the 1930s.
synonym come across
noun
B2
OPAL
1
B2
a meeting, especially one that is sudden, unexpected or violent
برخورد, مواجهه, رویارویی
2
a sports match against a particular player or team
مسابقه, رویارویی, مصاف, دیدار ورزشی
She has beaten her opponent in all of their previous encounters.
They lost their second-round encounter against Germany.
3
an incident in which police shoot dead a suspected criminal
درگیری مرگبار, تیراندازی
The two gangsters were later killed in a police encounter.