encountering

Academic Word List, sublist 10.

About 1.45 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of encounter
2. noun An encounter; a meeting.
3. adjective Fit for an encounter or battle.

Similar words

meet confrontation find take on happen run into chance receive come across run across

Often followed by

the a any an in them and some it

Word family

encounter encountered encounters