encounter (
http://definr.com/encounter)
n 1: a minor short-term fight [syn:
brush,
clash,
skirmish]
2: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers
their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in
the hallway" [syn:
meeting]
3: a casual meeting with a person of thing [syn:
coming upon]
4: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn:
confrontation,
showdown]
v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
nice to see you again!" [syn:
meet,
ran into, {run
across},
come across,
see]
2: come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea
in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not
very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book
in the bookstore the other day" [syn:
find,
happen,
chance,
bump]
3: be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial
difficulties" [syn:
run into]
4: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn:
meet,
receive]
5: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to
play Mary" [syn:
meet,
play,
take on]