confront

verbcommon in dialogue

Canada//kənˈfɹʌnt//
Australia//kənˈfɹɐnt//
//kənˈfɹʊnt//
//kɒnˈfɹɒnt//

To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

verb

1
To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
2
To deal with.
confront a problem
3
To bring someone face to face with something.
We should confront him about the missing money.
4
To come up against; to encounter.
Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
5
To engage in confrontation.
6
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
7
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

Forms

past tense: confronted
past participle: confronted
present participle: confronting
third person singular: confronts

confirming · An act of confirmation.confiscate · To use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a…conflict · A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two or more…

confront · To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

confrontation · The act of confronting or challenging another, especially…confuse · to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict…confused · unable to think clearly or understand

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