encountered
v.v. to meet someone or find something unexpectedly. You often use this when you face a problem or a difficult situation for the first time.
v. to meet or come upon someone or something unexpectedly; to experience or be faced with something, especially a difficulty. Transitive — requires a direct object.
We encountered several problems during the first week of the project.
While hiking through the dense forest, the group encountered a rare species of bird they had never seen before.
The research team encountered significant resistance from the local authorities when they requested access to the historical archives for their study on urban development.
The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. It is more formal than 'meet' or 'run into'.
I encountered with a problemI encountered a problemEncountered is a transitive verb and does not take the preposition 'with'.