encounter

Nouns

(n) a minor short-term fight skirmish, clash, brush,
(n) a casual or unexpected convergence
- he still remembers their meeting in Paris
- there was a brief encounter in the hallway
meeting,
(n) a casual meeting with a person or thing coming upon,
(n) a hostile disagreement face-to-face face-off, showdown, confrontation,

Verbs

(v) come together
- I'll probably see you at the meeting
- How nice to see you again!
meet, run across, come across, run into, see,
(v) 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
find, bump, chance, happen,
(v) be beset by
- The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
run into,
(v) experience as a reaction
- My proposal met with much opposition
receive, meet,
(v) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- Princeton plays Yale this weekend
- Charlie likes to play Mary
take on, meet, play,

Synonyms

meet run across come across run into see skirmish clash brush meeting find bump chance happen coming upon receive face-off showdown confrontation take on play

Words of close approximity

encounter group