definition of
encounter

[1] #1 encounter v. [meet, run into, run across, come across, see] come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!". wn

[2] #2 encounter v. [find, happen, chance, bump] 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". wn

[3] #3 encounter n. [brush, clash, skirmish] a minor short-term fight. wn

[4] #4 encounter n. [meeting] a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway". wn

[5] #5 encounter v. [run into] be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties". wn