different between reunion vs encounter

English

Alternative forms

• re-union
• reünion

Etymology

From Middle French réunion; re- +? union.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??ju?nj?n/, /???ju?nj?n/

Noun

reunion (countable and uncountable, plural reunions)

1. The process or act of reuniting.

   The reunion took forever, but it was worth it.

   It was a tearful and heartfelt reunion as the trapped miners finally saw their dear loved ones again.

2. A planned event at which members of a dispersed group meet together.

   Are you going to the reunion this year?

Synonyms

• reunition
• reunite

Derived terms

• class reunion
• family reunion

Related terms

• reunite
• union

Translations

See also

• homecoming

Anagrams

• nounier

Ladin

Noun

reunion f (plural reunions)

1. meeting, assembly, conference
2. reunion, gathering, get-together

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)

1. (transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
2. (transitive) To confront (someone or something) face to face.
3. (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)

1. 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.

2. A hostile, often violent meeting; a confrontation, skirmish, or clash, as between combatants.
3. (sports) A match between two opposing sides.

Synonyms

• (hostile meeting): clash, confrontation, brush, skirmish

Derived terms

• close encounter
• encounter group

Translations

Anagrams

• encountre