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