Nouns

(n)brush, clash, encounter, skirmisha minor short-term fight
(n)meeting, encountera casual or unexpected convergence“he still remembers their meeting in Paris”, “there was a brief encounter in the hallway”
(n)encounter, coming upona casual meeting with a person or thing
(n)confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-offa hostile disagreement face-to-face

Verbs

(v)meet, run into, encounter, run across, come across, seecome together“I'll probably see you at the meeting”, “How nice to see you again!”
(v)find, happen, chance, bump, encountercome 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”
(v)run into, encounterbe beset by“The project ran into numerous financial difficulties”
(v)meet, encounter, receiveexperience as a reaction“My proposal met with much opposition”
(v)meet, encounter, play, take oncontend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle“Princeton plays Yale this weekend”, “Charlie likes to play Mary”