verb, noun
verb [VN]
1 to experience sth, especially sth unpleasant or difficult, while you are trying to do sth else:
We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week. * I had never encountered such resistance before.
2 (formal) to meet sb, or discover or experience sth, especially sb/sth new, unusual or unexpected
SYNCOMEACROSS:
She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered.
Part of speech: noun
1 ~ (with sb/sth)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is encounter a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, encounter is tagged as noun.
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