encounter
1. [ verb ] come together
Synonyms: meet see ran_into run_across foregather come_across forgather
Examples:

"I'll probably see you at the meeting" "How nice to see you again!"

Related terms: intersect meet
2. [ verb ] come upon, as if by accident; meet with
Synonyms: find hit bump chance happen
Examples:

"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"

Related terms: discovery meeting
3. [ noun ] a minor short-term fight
Synonyms: skirmish clash brush
Related terms: fight contretemps skirmish
4. [ verb ] be beset by
Synonyms: run_into
Examples:

"The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

Related terms: be
5. [ noun ] a casual or unexpected convergence
Synonyms: meeting
Examples:

"he still remembers their meeting in Paris" "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

Related terms: convergence conjunction find
6. [ noun ] a casual meeting with a person of thing
Synonyms: coming_upon
Related terms: joining meet
7. [ verb ] experience as a reaction
Synonyms: meet receive
Examples:

"My proposal met with much opposition"

Related terms: have
8. [ verb ] contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Synonyms: meet take_on play
Examples:

"Princeton plays Yale this weekend" "Charlie likes to play Mary"

Related terms: confront replay play play play play brush meet compete
9. [ noun ] a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Synonyms: showdown face-off confrontation
Related terms: disagreement confront
Similar spelling:   enchanter
  enceinte
  enjoin
  enjoyment
  enjoinment
  enchanted