encounter

英[ɪn'kaʊntə;en-] 美[ɪn'kaʊntɚ]

1. a minor short-term fight

2. a casual or unexpected convergence;

"he still remembers their meeting in Paris"

"there was a brief encounter in the hallway"

3. a casual meeting with a person of thing

4. a hostile disagreement face-to-face