Read the dictionary definition of encounter. All definitions for this word.
1. a casual meeting with a person or thing
2. a minor short-term fight
3. a hostile disagreement face-to-face
4. a casual or unexpected convergence
1. he still remembers their meeting in Paris
2. there was a brief encounter in the hallway
5. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
1. Princeton plays Yale this weekend
2. Charlie likes to play Mary
6. come together
1. I'll probably see you at the meeting
2. How nice to see you again!
7. come upon, as if by accident; meet with
1. We find this idea in Plato
2. I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here
3. She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day
8. be beset by
1. The project ran into numerous financial difficulties
9. experience as a reaction
1. My proposal met with much opposition
