confront

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
To deal with.
To bring someone face to face with something.
To come up against; to encounter.
To engage in confrontation.
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

/kənˈfɹʌnt/ en-us-confront.ogg /kənˈfɹʊnt/ /kɒnˈfɹɒnt/

confront confronts confronting confronted

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

oppose challenge tackle

confronté

carefront confrontable confrontation confrontational confrontative confronter confrontment confront one's demons reconfront unconfronted

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