- 1encounter something to experience something, especially something unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do something else synonym meet with something, run into We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week. I had never encountered such resistance before.
- 2encounter somebody/something (formal) to meet someone, or discover or experience something, especially someone or something new, unusual, or unexpected synonym come across somebody/something She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered.
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NAmE//ɪnˈkaʊntər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they encounter he / she / it encounters
past simple encountered
-ing form encountering
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