Noun

• S: (n) brush (brush%1:04:00::), clash (clash%1:04:00::), encounter (encounter%1:04:00::), skirmish (skirmish%1:04:00::) (a minor short-term fight)
• S: (n) meeting (meeting%1:11:00::), encounter (encounter%1:11:00::) (a casual or unexpected convergence) "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
• S: (n) encounter (encounter%1:04:01::), coming upon (coming_upon%1:04:00::) (a casual meeting with a person or thing)
• S: (n) confrontation (confrontation%1:10:00::), encounter (encounter%1:10:00::), showdown (showdown%1:10:00::), face-off (face-off%1:10:00::) (a hostile disagreement face-to-face)

Verb

• S: (v) meet (meet%2:38:01::), run into (run_into%2:38:01::), encounter (encounter%2:38:00::), run across (run_across%2:38:00::), come across (come_across%2:38:00::), see (see%2:38:00::) (come together) "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
• S: (v) find (find%2:40:02::), happen (happen%2:40:12::), chance (chance%2:40:12::), bump (bump%2:40:12::), encounter (encounter%2:40:00::) (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"
• S: (v) run into (run_into%2:42:01::), encounter (encounter%2:42:00::) (be beset by) "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
• S: (v) meet (meet%2:42:00::), encounter (encounter%2:42:02::), receive (receive%2:42:00::) (experience as a reaction) "My proposal met with much opposition"
• S: (v) meet (meet%2:33:00::), encounter (encounter%2:33:00::), play (play%2:33:02::), take on (take_on%2:33:01::) (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle) "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"