Definition of "encountered" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of encounter. (verb)

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• "However, this type of positive accountability is the not the definition encountered in most corporate environments."
• "Just days after a Turkish court lifted a more than two-year ban on YouTube, Turks attempting to directly access YouTube on Tuesday evening again encountered a blank screen with a message informing them that YouTube was blocked as part of a May 2008 court order."
• "In your book, you juxtapose the exotic scenes and pristine lands the captain encountered in his travels to the loss of native culture and environment that has taken place since."