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