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