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encounter
English
Alternative forms
- incounter (archaic)
- encountre, incountre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English encountren, from rom Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontr? (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contr? (“against”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n?ka?nt?/, /???ka?nt?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n?ka?nt?/, /???ka?nt?/
- Hyphenation: en?coun?ter
- Rhymes: -a?nt?(?)
Verb
encounter (third-person singular simple present encounters, present participle encountering, simple past and past participle encountered)
- (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
- (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
- (transitive, intransitive) To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.
- Three armies encountered at Waterloo.
Synonyms
(meet unexpectedly): cross paths
Translations
Noun
encounter (plural encounters)
- A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.
- 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.
- 1995, Maija Kalin, Coping with problems of understanding: repair sequences in coversations between native and non-native speakers:
- As they have planned the encounters, they mostly have control over the time limits.
- A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
- (sports) A match between two opposing sides.
Synonyms
- (hostile meeting): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmish
Derived terms
- close encounter
- encounter group
Translations
Anagrams
- encountre
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dispute
English
Etymology
From Middle English disputen, from Old French desputer (French disputer), from Latin disput?re (“to dispute, discuss, examine, compute, estimate”), from dis- (“apart”) + put?re (“to reckon, consider, think, originally make clean, clear up”), related to purus (“pure”). Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.
Pronunciation
- (noun)
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s.pju?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- (verb)
- IPA(key): /d?s?pju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Noun
dispute (plural disputes)
- An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
- (uncountable) Verbal controversy or disagreement; altercation; debate.
- Addicted more / To contemplation and profound dispute.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dispute
Translations
Verb
dispute (third-person singular simple present disputes, present participle disputing, simple past and past participle disputed)
- (intransitive) to contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
- (transitive) to make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss
- to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to seize goods under the disputed authority of writs of assistance
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- to strive or contend about; to contest
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- to dispute the possession of the ground with the Spaniards
- 1856-1858, William H. Prescott, History of the Reign of Philip II
- (obsolete) to struggle against; to resist
Derived terms
- industrial dispute
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- dispute in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- dispute in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin disput?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.pyt/
Noun
dispute f (plural disputes)
- dispute
Related terms
- disputer
Descendants
- ? Romanian: disput?
Further reading
- “dispute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- stupide
Italian
Noun
dispute f
- plural of disputa
Anagrams
- stupide
Portuguese
Verb
dispute
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of disputar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of disputar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of disputar
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [di?spute]
Noun
dispute f
- indefinite plural of disput?
- indefinite genitive/dative singular of disput?
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis?pute/, [d?is?pu.t?e]
Verb
dispute
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of disputar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of disputar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of disputar.
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