To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
Infinitiveencounter
Past simpleencountered
Past participleencountered
-ing formencountering
Full conjugation of the English verb to encounter (past simple encountered,
past participle encountered):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
encounter
you
encounter
he/she/it
encounters
we
encounter
you
encounter
they
encounter
Present continuous
I
am encountering
you
are encountering
he/she/it
is encountering
we
are encountering
you
are encountering
they
are encountering
Present perfect
I
have encountered
you
have encountered
he/she/it
has encountered
we
have encountered
you
have encountered
they
have encountered
Present perfect continuous
I
have been encountering
you
have been encountering
he/she/it
has been encountering
we
have been encountering
you
have been encountering
they
have been encountering
Past simple
I
encountered
you
encountered
he/she/it
encountered
we
encountered
you
encountered
they
encountered
Past continuous
I
was encountering
you
were encountering
he/she/it
was encountering
we
were encountering
you
were encountering
they
were encountering
Past perfect
I
had encountered
you
had encountered
he/she/it
had encountered
we
had encountered
you
had encountered
they
had encountered
Past perfect continuous
I
had been encountering
you
had been encountering
he/she/it
had been encountering
we
had been encountering
you
had been encountering
they
had been encountering
Future simple
I
will encounter
you
will encounter
he/she/it
will encounter
we
will encounter
you
will encounter
they
will encounter
Future continuous
I
will be encountering
you
will be encountering
he/she/it
will be encountering
we
will be encountering
you
will be encountering
they
will be encountering
Future perfect
I
will have encountered
you
will have encountered
he/she/it
will have encountered
we
will have encountered
you
will have encountered
they
will have encountered
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been encountering
you
will have been encountering
he/she/it
will have been encountering
we
will have been encountering
you
will have been encountering
they
will have been encountering
Conditional
Present
I
would encounter
you
would encounter
he/she/it
would encounter
we
would encounter
you
would encounter
they
would encounter
Present continuous
I
would be encountering
you
would be encountering
he/she/it
would be encountering
we
would be encountering
you
would be encountering
they
would be encountering
Perfect
I
would have encountered
you
would have encountered
he/she/it
would have encountered
we
would have encountered
you
would have encountered
they
would have encountered
Perfect continuous
I
would have been encountering
you
would have been encountering
he/she/it
would have been encountering
we
would have been encountering
you
would have been encountering
they
would have been encountering
Subjunctive
Present
that I
encounter
that you
encounter
that he/she/it
encounter
that we
encounter
that you
encounter
that they
encounter
Past
if I
encountered
if you
encountered
if he/she/it
encountered
if we
encountered
if you
encountered
if they
encountered
Imperative
Affirmative
you
encounter
we
let's encounter
Negative
you
don't encounter
we
let's not encounter
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to encounter
Perfect infinitive
to have encountered
Present participle / gerund
encountering
Past participle
encountered
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.