encountered

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /-t̬ɚ/
- /ɪnˈkaʊn.tər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /-t̬ɚ/

Definition of encountered word

noun encountered Simple past tense and past participle of encounter. 1

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Parts of speech for Encountered

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Encountered

encountered popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for encountered

noun encountered

brushed — Brushed cotton, nylon, or other fabric feels soft and furry.
fought — simple past tense and past participle of fight.
battled — Simple past tense and past participle of battle.
clashed — Simple past tense and past participle of clash.
combated — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.

verb encountered

met — simple past tense and past participle of meet1 .
bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
confronted — Simple past tense and past participle of confront.
detected — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
faced — having a specified kind of face or number of faces (usually used in combination): a sweet-faced child; the two-faced god.

All 29 Synonyms of encountered

Antonyms for encountered

noun encountered

retreated — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
accorded — to be in agreement or harmony; agree.
calmed — Simple past tense and past participle of calm.

verb encountered

avoided — to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person; to avoid taxes; to avoid danger.
canceled — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
dodged — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
disconnected — disjointed; broken.
agreed — If people are agreed on something, they have reached a joint decision on it or have the same opinion about it.

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