· a minor short-term fight

Synonym(s): brush, clash, skirmish

Hypernym(s): fight, fighting, combat, scrap

· a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

Synonym(s): meeting

Hypernym(s): convergence

· a casual meeting with a person or thing

Synonym(s): coming_upon

Hypernym(s): joining, connection, connexion

· a hostile disagreement face-to-face

Synonym(s): confrontation, showdown, face-off

Hypernym(s): disagreement

· come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!"

Synonym(s): meet, run_into, run_across, come_across, see

· 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"

Synonym(s): find, happen, chance, bump

· be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties"

Synonym(s): run_into

Hypernym(s): be

· experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition"

Synonym(s): meet, receive

Hypernym(s): have, experience

· contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

Synonym(s): meet, play, take_on