Meaning of Encounter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
2. A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
3. A match between two opposing sides.
4. A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.
5. The period of a space mission during which it carries out its data-gathering objectives.
6. An extrajudicial killing or execution.
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Examples

“Their encounter was a matter of chance.”

“That was Selwyn's first encounter with the Ruthvens. A short time afterward at the opera Gerald dragged him into a parterre to say something amiable to one of the amiable débutante Craig girls—and Selwyn found himself again facing Alixe.”

“As they have planned the encounters, they mostly have control over the time limits.”

“Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.”

“Though Mr. Cosby described the sexual encounter in 2004 as consensual, Ms. Constand said she was too intoxicated to physically or verbally resist.”

“Telangana Labour and Employment Minister Malla Reddy on Tuesday said that the guilty person in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Hyderabad "will be nabbed and will be killed in an encounter".”

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