A soldier often has to confront danger.
Source: tatoeba (320115)
Confront
//kənˈfɹʌnt//
Synonyms for "confront" (227 found)
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Closest matches (46)
Strong matches (68)
close inclose withcomecome acrosscome amongcome closercome forwardcome nearcome oncome upcome up againstcome uponcomparecompare and contrastcompare withcomplaincomplain loudlyconfoundconfront withcontend
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contend withcontraposecontrapositcontrastcontravenecountercounteractcountermandcounterposecounterworkcrossdaredashdefeatdefydestroydiscomfitdisconcertdiscountenancedishdisputedisruptdissentdouble-daredraw a comparisondraw a paralleldraw neardraw nighdraw oneludeencounterenvisagefaceface downface outface the musicface upface up toface withfall acrossfall amongfall foul offall uponfightfloutflummox
Related words (113)
foilforthcomefrontfrustrategain upongathergriphang overhoverimpendkickkick againstknock the chockslay beforelie oppositelie overlight uponlikenliken toloom
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lourlowermake a standmatchmeasuremeasure againstmeetmeet boldlymeet head onmeet head-onmeet squarelymeet up withmeet withmenacemetaphorizenarrow the gapnearnonplusobjectoffer resistanceopposeoutdareoverhangparallelperplexpit againstpitch uponplace againstplace beforepolarizepose againstpresent toprotestproximateput in oppositionput it torecalcitraterelatereluctremonstrateresistrevoltriskruinrun a comparisonrun acrossrun intorun smack intorun the gauntletrun up againstrun uponsabotagescornscotchscoutscream defianceset at defianceset beforeset in contrastset in oppositionset offset off againstset over againstshow fightsidlesidle up tosimilizespeak outspeak upspikespoilstandstand at baystand in the waystand opposedstand oppositestand up againststare downstemstep upstonewallstrive againststumpsubtendthreatenthwartupsetview togetherweighweigh against
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More general
13 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
4 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
10 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 24 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- konfronteer verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Albanian
4 entries- ballafaqoj verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- ballafaqoj verb (to deal with)
- ballafaqoj verb (to bring someone face to face with something)
- ballafaqoj verb (to set a thing side by side with; to compare)
Bikol Central
1 entries- atubang verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изправям се пред verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- имам работа с verb (to deal with)
- противостоя verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- стоя срещу verb (to come up against; to encounter)
Catalan
2 entries- confrontar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- enfrontar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Dutch
4 entries- confronteren verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- confronteren verb (to deal with)
- confronteren verb (to bring someone face to face with something)
- confronteren verb (to come up against; to encounter)
Esperanto
3 entries- alfronti verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- alfronti verb (to deal with)
- konfronti verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Finnish
4 entries- kohdata verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- kohdata verb (to deal with)
- kohdata verb (to bring someone face to face with something)
- kohdata verb (to come up against; to encounter)
French
1 entries- confronter verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
German
4 entries- begegnen verb (to come up against; to encounter)
- einander gegenüberstellen verb (to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to)
- entgegentreten verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- gegenüberstellen verb (to set a thing side by side with; to compare)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִתְעַמֵּת verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- התעמת verb (to engage in confrontation)
Ido
1 entries- konfrontar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Italian
4 entries- affrontare verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- affrontare verb (to deal with)
- confrontare verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- confrontare verb (to set a thing side by side with; to compare)
Latin
1 entries- confrontō verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Lü
1 entries- ᦎᦹᧅ verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Māori
4 entries- tuma verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- whakahorohoro verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- whakapātari verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- whakatuma verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Occitan
1 entries- afrontar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Portuguese
2 entries- confrontar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- enfrentar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Russian
4 entries- име́ть де́ло verb (to deal with)
- противопоста́вить verb (to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to)
- противопоставля́ть verb (to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to)
- противостоя́ть verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Spanish
4 entries- afrontar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- confrontar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- enfrentar verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- enfrentar verb (to deal with)
Swedish
2 entries- konfrontera verb (to deal with)
- konfrontera verb (to engage in confrontation)
Thai
2 entries- สู้หน้า verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- เผชิญหน้า verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
Turkish
4 entries- göğüs germek verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- karşı koymak verb (to come up against; to encounter)
- yüzleşmek verb (to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance)
- yüzleştirmek verb (to bring someone face to face with something)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зіткну́тися verb (to come up against; to encounter)
- стика́тися verb (to come up against; to encounter)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.
Source: tatoeba (377070)
The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms.
Source: tatoeba (377072)
In Ankara, I made clear that America is not – and never will be – at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
Source: tatoeba (377074)
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