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Confront

//kənˈfɹʌnt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with. transitive

    "It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively."

  2. 2
    deal with (something unpleasant) head on wordnet
  3. 3
    To deal with. transitive

    "confront a problem"

  4. 4
    present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize wordnet
  5. 5
    To bring someone face to face with something. transitive

    "We should confront him about the missing money."

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  1. 6
    oppose, as in hostility or a competition wordnet
  2. 7
    To come up against; to encounter. transitive

    "Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final."

  3. 8
    be face to face with wordnet
  4. 9
    To engage in confrontation. intransitive
  5. 10
    To set a thing side by side with; to compare. transitive
  6. 11
    To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to. transitive

Etymology

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

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