encounter: verb conjugation and noun forms

Conjugation of the verb encounter[ɪnˈkauntə], regular     

not encounter
All forms Indicative Conditional Participles Infinitives

Indicative

Present Indefinite

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 Indefinite

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 Indefinite

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

Indicative

Present Indefinite

I don't encounter
you don't encounter
he/she/it doesn't encounter
we don't encounter
you don't encounter
they don't encounter

Present Continuous

I am not encountering
you aren't encountering
he/she/it isn't encountering
we aren't encountering
you aren't encountering
they aren't encountering

Present Perfect

I haven't encountered
you haven't encountered
he/she/it hasn't encountered
we haven't encountered
you haven't encountered
they haven't encountered

Present Perfect Continuous

I haven't been encountering
you haven't been encountering
he/she/it hasn't been encountering
we haven't been encountering
you haven't been encountering
they haven't been encountering

Past Indefinite

I didn't encounter
you didn't encounter
he/she/it didn't encounter
we didn't encounter
you didn't encounter
they didn't encounter

Past Continuous

I wasn't encountering
you weren't encountering
he/she/it wasn't encountering
we weren't encountering
you weren't encountering
they weren't encountering

Past Perfect

I hadn't encountered
you hadn't encountered
he/she/it hadn't encountered
we hadn't encountered
you hadn't encountered
they hadn't encountered

Past Perfect Continuous

I hadn't been encountering
you hadn't been encountering
he/she/it hadn't been encountering
we hadn't been encountering
you hadn't been encountering
they hadn't been encountering

Future Indefinite

I shan't / won't encounter
you won't encounter
he/she/it won't encounter
we shan't / won't encounter
you won't encounter
they won't encounter

Future Continuous

I shan't / won't be encountering
you won't be encountering
he/she/it won't be encountering
we shan't / won't be encountering
you won't be encountering
they won't be encountering

Future Perfect

I shan't / won't have encountered
you won't have encountered
he/she/it won't have encountered
we shan't / won't have encountered
you won't have encountered
they won't have encountered

Future Perfect Continuous

I shan't / won't have been encountering
you won't have been encountering
he/she/it won't have been encountering
we shan't / won't have been encountering
you won't have been encountering
they won't have been encountering

Conditional

Conditional Present

I would encounter
you would encounter
he/she/it would encounter
we would encounter
you would encounter
they would encounter

Conditional 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

Conditional 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

Conditional 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

Conditional

Conditional Present

I wouldn't encounter
you wouldn't encounter
he/she/it wouldn't encounter
we wouldn't encounter
you wouldn't encounter
they wouldn't encounter

Conditional Present Continuous

I wouldn't be encountering
you wouldn't be encountering
he/she/it wouldn't be encountering
we wouldn't be encountering
you wouldn't be encountering
they wouldn't be encountering

Conditional Perfect

I wouldn't have encountered
you wouldn't have encountered
he/she/it wouldn't have encountered
we wouldn't have encountered
you wouldn't have encountered
they wouldn't have encountered

Conditional Perfect Continuous

I wouldn't have been encountering
you wouldn't have been encountering
he/she/it wouldn't have been encountering
we wouldn't have been encountering
you wouldn't have been encountering
they wouldn't have been encountering

Participles

Present

encountering

Past

encountered

Infinitives

Infinitives

to encounter
to have encountered
to be encountering
to have been encountering

Singular and plural for encounter[ɪnˈkauntə]     

Singular
Plural
Singular
Common case
encounter
encounters
Possessive case
encounter's
encounters'
Plural
encounters
encounters'
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