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Antonyms for encountered
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : en-koun-ter |
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkaʊn tər |
Definition of encountered
Origin :- c.1300, "to meet as an adversary," from Old French encontrer "confront," from encontre (see encounter (n.). Weakened sense of "casually meet" first recorded in English early 16c. Related: Encountered; encountering.
- verb happen upon
- verb fight, attack
- During this session other difficulties were encountered by the Ministry.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- There, on the contrary, we encountered the only two swamps at all difficult.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- She did not see him in the morning, but at noon she encountered him in the hall.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- But now, strange to say, wherever she went she encountered Felicien!
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- And then, when he had slipped his hand back into hers, he had encountered a sticky chocolate!
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- The first mound that I encountered belonged to a goblin who was splashing in his tub.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- And again he encountered Nani's glance, which never left him.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- I prompted Camille to ask if he had ever encountered Ned Ferry, and he laughed.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- Never, in his brief cave-life, had he encountered anything of which to be afraid.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- His progress was a series of yelps, from which might have been adduced the number of rocks he encountered.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
Synonyms for encountered
- affront
- alight upon
- battle
- bear
- bump into
- chance upon
- clash with
- close
- collide
- combat
- come across
- come upon
- conflict
- confront
- contend
- cross swords
- cross the path
- descry
- detect
- do battle
- engage
- espy
- experience
- face
- fall in with
- find
- front
- grapple
- hit upon
- meet
- meet up with
- rub eyeballs
- run across
- run into
- run smack into
- strive
- struggle
- suffer
- sustain
- turn up
- undergo
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