Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encounter.(verb)
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Use "encounters" in a sentence
"One of the encounters is the dreaded “the party should know to flee this instead of fight” kind of encounter."
"Being beaten up in police custody is more common than being killed by police in what they call encounters which are almost invariably staged."
"If casual encounters is your thing, then fine, this might be another venue for that (the propositions I get on match. com are both terrifying and hilarious)."