Antonyms for encounters

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : en-koun-ter

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkaʊn tər

Definition of encounters

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.

noun chance meeting
noun fight, argument
verb happen upon
verb fight, attack

Example sentences :

Licorice Stick's encounters with "sperrits" had never brought him a cent.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

In these encounters the British lost three aircraft of various types.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various

Men like him are so rare that it is not unnatural to doubt them when one encounters them.
Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue

True, so far as their encounters were concerned, Fairfield had not been encouraging.
Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest

These two encounters represented what he understood war to be.
Extract from : « Tom Slade with the Colors » by Percy K. Fitzhugh

They have been badly defeated in the three encounters they have had with the Solarite so far.
Extract from : « The Black Star Passes » by John W Campbell

In one of these encounters, however, I chanced to be of some service to him.
Extract from : « Curious, if True » by Elizabeth Gaskell

Their losses in the last two encounters had been too great for them to show the least mercy.
Extract from : « The Giraffe Hunters » by Mayne Reid

There were encounters with the troops, and some blood was shed.
Extract from : « Lectures on the French Revolution » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

But one or two encounters have taken place to prove the exception.
Extract from : « Wild Animals at Home » by Ernest Thompson Seton

Synonyms for encounters

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