Definition of 'encounter'

Noun

1. a minor short-term fight
      Synonyms: brush clash skirmish
2. a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"
      Synonyms: meeting
3. a casual meeting with a person of thing
      Synonyms: coming upon
4. a hostile disagreement face-to-face
      Synonyms: confrontation showdown face-off

Verb

1. come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"
      Synonyms: meet run into run across come across see
2. 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
3. be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"
      Synonyms: run into
4. experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"
      Synonyms: meet receive
5. 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

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