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Definition: ENCOUNTERING |
ENCOUNTERINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Encounter |
Date "ENCOUNTERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Crosswords: ENCOUNTERING |
| English words defined with "ENCOUNTERING": Congressive ♦ Horns of a dilemma ♦ shooting star. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ENCOUNTERING": completion of calls to busy subscribers, COMPUTER OPERATOR ♦ multihearth furnace ♦ nasal demons ♦ SCHOOL SECRETARY ♦ tropical storm. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Encountering Tinkerbell for the first time. (Hook; writing credit: James V. Hart and Malia Scotch Marmo. Based on the play 'Peter Pan' by J.M. Barrie.) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Surf encountering a rocky headland at Soquel Point.Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Psychological stress from work or family problems, social cues (such as meeting individuals from one's drug-using past), or the environment (such as encountering streets, objects, or even smells associated with drug use) can interact with biological factors to hinder attainment of sustained abstinence and make relapse more likely. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Uzbekistan | Several domestic human rights activists were able to leave and reenter the country without encountering problems from the Government. (references) |
Economic History | West Bank | Companies may also wish to seek legal assistance when encountering trade or payment problems. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Investors are also encountering difficulties in connecting to telecommunication services and water and electric utilities. (references) | |
Travel | Morocco | While U.S. businesspeople are encouraged to arrive at appointments on time, one should not be surprised at encountering delays, and it's wise to schedule meetings recognizing that some could start, or run, late. (references) |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | Encountering the race feeling against them, subjected at times to cruel injustice growing out of it, they may well have our profound sympathy and aid in the struggle they are making. |
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| "ENCOUNTERING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 99.20% of the time. "ENCOUNTERING" is used about 125 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 99.2% | 124 | 28,785 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.8% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 125 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ENCOUNTERING": re-encountering. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ENCOUNTERING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遇到 (Encountered). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | en Medlemsstat,som befinder sig i særlige vanskeligheder (any Member State encountering special difficulties), den afstand,jetstraalen eller projektilet skal tilbagelaegge foer maalet naas,kaldes stand off (the distance the jet or bullet must travel before encountering the target is termed standoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | elke Lid-Staat welke met bijzondere moeilijkheden te kampen heeft (any Member State encountering special difficulties), de afstand die de jet of de kogel moet afleggen alvorens doel te treffen,noemt men standoff (the distance the jet or bullet must travel before encountering the target is termed standoff). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | rencontrant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | findend, begegnend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ένα Kράτος μέλος που αντιμετωπίζει ιδιαίτερες δυσχέρειες (any Member State encountering special difficulties), η απόσταση που πρέπει να διατρέξει το βλήμα πριν φθάσει τον στόχο,καλείται "STAND OFF". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | uno Stato membro che debba affrontare particolari difficolt (any Member State encountering special difficulties), la distanza che il getto o pallottola deve percorrere prima d'incontrare il bersaglio è definita "stand-off",ossia distanza temporanea. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 조우. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | encounteringay um Estado-membro que enfrente dificuldades especiais (any Member State encountering special difficulties). (various references) tachairt (happening, meeting). (various references) un Estado miembro que afronte especiales dificultades (any Member State encountering special difficulties), la distancia que debe recorrer el chorro o bala antes de alcanzar el objetivo se denomina "stand off". (various references) en medlemsstat som befinner sig i särskilda svårigheter (any Member State encountering special difficulties). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | hamistayaêca. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ENCOUNTERING": reencountering, rencountering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ENCOUNTERING" (pronounced enkou"ntering or enkou"nering) |
| 7 | -k ou" n t er i ng | countering. |
| 5 | -n t er i ng | bantering, centering, entering, mentoring, reentering, splintering. |
| 4 | -t er i ng | administering, altering, bartering, battering, bettering, blistering, blustering, bolstering, catering, chartering, chattering, clustering, cluttering, doctoring, factoring, faltering, festering, filibustering, filtering, flattering, fluttering, fostering, frittering, glittering, guttering, hectoring, lettering, littering, loitering, mastering, metering, mitering, monitoring, motoring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neutering, pestering, petering, plastering, puttering, registering, scattering, sculpturing, sequestering, shattering, sheltering, shuttering, slaughtering, smattering, spattering, sputtering, stuttering, sweltering, teetering, tottering, tutoring, unflattering, uttering, watering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, belaboring, beleaguering, bewildering, bickering, blundering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, censoring, clamoring, clobbering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doddering, embroidering, empowering, endangering, endeavoring, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, figuring, fingering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, foundering, fracturing, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glowering, grandfathering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, levering, lingering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, maundering, meandering, measuring, minoring, mirroring, mongering, mothering, murdering, murmuring, neighboring, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scouring, severing, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, simmering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spiering, sponsoring, squandering, staggering, structuring, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, towering, transpiring, triggering, uncovering, unwavering, ushering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
| 4 | -n er i ng | cornering, garnering, honoring, minoring, partnering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | administering, altering, anchoring, angering, answering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, bantering, bartering, battering, belaboring, beleaguering, bettering, bewildering, bickering, blistering, blundering, blustering, bolstering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, catering, censoring, centering, chartering, chattering, clamoring, clobbering, clustering, cluttering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, countering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doctoring, doddering, embroidering, empowering, endangering, endeavoring, entering, factoring, faltering, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, festering, figuring, filibustering, filtering, fingering, flattering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, fluttering, fostering, foundering, fracturing, frittering, furthering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glittering, glowering, grandfathering, guttering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hectoring, hindering, hollering, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, lettering, levering, lingering, littering, loitering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, mastering, maundering, meandering, measuring, mentoring, metering, mirroring, mitering, mongering, monitoring, mothering, motoring, murdering, murmuring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neighboring, neutering, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, peppering, perjuring, pestering, petering, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plastering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, puttering, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, reentering, registering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scattering, scouring, sculpturing, sequestering, severing, shattering, sheltering, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, shuttering, simmering, slaughtering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smattering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spattering, spiering, splintering, sponsoring, sputtering, squandering, staggering, structuring, stuttering, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, sweltering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, teetering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, tottering, towering, transpiring, triggering, tutoring, uncovering, unflattering, unwavering, ushering, uttering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, watering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-g-i-n-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: incongruent. | |
-2 letters: countering, innocenter, neurogenic, nongenetic, recounting, renouncing. | |
-3 letters: centering, centurion, congruent, continuer, cunninger, encounter, enouncing, neutering, neutronic, nonurgent, trouncing. | |
-4 letters: ceinture, centring, congener, continue, counting, courting, cretonne, encoring, entering, enuretic, erecting, erection, erogenic, eructing, geniture, gentrice, gerontic, incenter, innocent, neotenic, neoteric, neuronic, neurotic, neutrino, nitrogen, nocturne, nongreen, renounce, retuning, roentgen, tenoning, trunnion, unerotic. | |
-5 letters: centner, coenure, coenuri, cointer, conning, coreign, corning, cornute, cortege, coterie, counter, cunning, enounce, enteric, enteron, enticer, enuring, ergotic, eucrite, eugenic, generic, genetic, genitor, genuine, goutier, grunion, inconnu, ingenue, integer, interne, intoner, negroni, neurine, neurone, neutron, nocturn, noticer, outgrin, outring, recount, renting, retinue, reunion, reunite, ringent, rontgen, routine, routing, ruction, running, tenoner, ternion, touring, treeing, trounce, trucing, trueing, tunning, turning, unction, unicorn, uterine. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-g-i-n-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: rencountering. | |
+2 letters: reencountering. | |
+4 letters: counterinsurgent. | |
+5 letters: counterinsurgency, counterinsurgents. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 4E 43 4F 55 4E 54 45 52 49 4E 47 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -. -.-. --- ..- -. - . .-. .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01001110 01000011 01001111 01010101 01001110 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E N C O U N T E R I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 004E 0043 004F 0055 004E 0054 0045 0052 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)394837495548543952434841 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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