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ENCOUNTER

Definition:

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