encounter
verb/ɪnˈkaʊntə(r)/
/ɪnˈkaʊntər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they encounter | /ɪnˈkaʊntə(r)/ /ɪnˈkaʊntər/ |
| he / she / it encounters | /ɪnˈkaʊntəz/ /ɪnˈkaʊntərz/ |
| past simple encountered | /ɪnˈkaʊntəd/ /ɪnˈkaʊntərd/ |
| past participle encountered | /ɪnˈkaʊntəd/ /ɪnˈkaʊntərd/ |
| -ing form encountering | /ɪnˈkaʊntərɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkaʊntərɪŋ/ |
- encounter something to experience something, especially something unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do something else synonym meet (8), run into
- We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week.
- The report details the problems encountered by families in this situation.
- I had never encountered such resistance before.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- commonly
- frequently
- often
- …
- be likely to
- encounter somebody/something (formal) to meet somebody, or discover or experience something, especially somebody/something new, unusual or unexpected synonym come across
- She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered.
- Plant scientists first encountered the phenomenon in the 1930s.
Extra Examples- an idea I first encountered when I was in the army
- Researchers at the isolated Arctic outpost encounter a creature from outer space.
- Walruses were commonly encountered in the Shetland Islands until quite recently.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- commonly
- frequently
- often
- …
- be likely to
Word OriginMiddle English (in the senses ‘meet as an adversary’ and ‘a meeting of adversaries’; formerly also as incounter): from Old French encontrer (verb), encontre (noun), based on Latin in- ‘in’ + contra ‘against’.
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