encounter

(noun) a minor short-term fight. Synonyms: brush, clash, skirmish.

(noun) a casual or unexpected convergence. Synonyms: meeting. Examples: "He still remembers their meeting in paris." "There was a brief encounter in the hallway."

(noun) a casual meeting with a person or thing. Synonyms: coming upon.

(noun) a hostile disagreement face-to-face. Synonyms: confrontation, showdown, face-off.

(verb) come together. Synonyms: meet, run into, run across, come across, see. Examples: "I'll probably see you at the meeting." "How nice to see you again!."

(verb) come upon, as if by accident; meet with. Synonyms: find, happen, chance, bump. Examples: "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."

(verb) be beset by. Synonyms: run into. Examples: "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties."

(verb) experience as a reaction. Synonyms: meet, receive. Examples: "My proposal met with much opposition."

(verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. Synonyms: meet, play, take on. Examples: "Princeton plays yale this weekend." "Charlie likes to play mary."