Encounter - Definition

n 1: a minor short-term fight [syn: brush, clash,
encounter, skirmish]
2: a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their
meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the
hallway" [syn: meeting, encounter]
3: a casual meeting with a person or thing [syn: encounter,
coming upon]
4: a hostile disagreement face-to-face [syn: confrontation,
encounter, showdown, face-off]
v 1: come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How
nice to see you again!" [syn: meet, run into,
encounter, 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, encounter]
3: be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial
difficulties" [syn: run into, encounter]
4: experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much
opposition" [syn: meet, encounter, receive]
5: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play
Mary" [syn: meet, encounter, play, take on]