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confront
con·front C0564700 (kən-frŭnt′)v. con·front·ed, con·front·ing, con·fronts v.tr.1. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.2. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.3. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.v.intr. To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront" (Gail Sheehy).
[French confronter, from Old French, to adjoin, from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre : Latin com-, com- + Latin frōns, front-, front.]
con·front′er n.con·front′ment n.con′fron·ta′tive adj.confront (kənˈfrʌnt) vb (tr) 1. (usually foll by with) to present or face (with something), esp in order to accuse or criticize2. to face boldly; oppose in hostility3. to be face to face with; be in front of4. to bring together for comparison[C16: from Medieval Latin confrontārī to stand face to face with, from frons forehead] conˈfronter ncon•front (kənˈfrʌnt)
v.t. 1. to face in hostility or defiance; oppose. 2. to set face to face: They confronted him with the evidence. 3. to stand or come in front of; meet face to face. 4. to encounter as something to be dealt with: the obstacles that confronted us. 5. to bring together for examination or comparison. [1595–1605; < Medieval Latin confrontārī= Latin con- con- + -frontārī, derivative of Latin frōns forehead, front] con•front′al, n. con•front′er, n. confront
Past participle: confronted
Gerund: confronting
| Imperative |
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| confront | | confront |
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| I confront | | you confront | | he/she/it confronts | | we confront | | you confront | | they confront |
| Preterite |
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| I confronted | | you confronted | | he/she/it confronted | | we confronted | | you confronted | | they confronted |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am confronting | | you are confronting | | he/she/it is confronting | | we are confronting | | you are confronting | | they are confronting |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have confronted | | you have confronted | | he/she/it has confronted | | we have confronted | | you have confronted | | they have confronted |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was confronting | | you were confronting | | he/she/it was confronting | | we were confronting | | you were confronting | | they were confronting |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had confronted | | you had confronted | | he/she/it had confronted | | we had confronted | | you had confronted | | they had confronted |
| Future |
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| I will confront | | you will confront | | he/she/it will confront | | we will confront | | you will confront | | they will confront |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have confronted | | you will have confronted | | he/she/it will have confronted | | we will have confronted | | you will have confronted | | they will have confronted |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be confronting | | you will be confronting | | he/she/it will be confronting | | we will be confronting | | you will be confronting | | they will be confronting |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been confronting | | you have been confronting | | he/she/it has been confronting | | we have been confronting | | you have been confronting | | they have been confronting |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been confronting | | you will have been confronting | | he/she/it will have been confronting | | we will have been confronting | | you will have been confronting | | they will have been confronting |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been confronting | | you had been confronting | | he/she/it had been confronting | | we had been confronting | | you had been confronting | | they had been confronting |
| Conditional |
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| I would confront | | you would confront | | he/she/it would confront | | we would confront | | you would confront | | they would confront |
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| I would have confronted | | you would have confronted | | he/she/it would have confronted | | we would have confronted | | you would have confronted | | they would have confronted |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | confront - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"facefront, breast - confront bodily; "breast the storm"take the bull by the horns - face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding itencounter, take on, meet, play - contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"pit, play off, oppose, match - set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" | | 2. | confront - deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"face, face upconfront, face, present - present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"go about, set about, approach - begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project"tackle, undertake, take on - accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" | | 3. | confront - present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"face, presentface, face up, confront - deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" | | 4. | confront - be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"front, face, look - be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
confrontverb1. tackle, deal with, cope with, brave, beard, face up to, meet head-on We are learning how to confront death.2. trouble, face, afflict, perplex, perturb, bedevil the environmental crisis which confronts us all3. challenge, face, oppose, tackle, encounter, defy, call out, stand up to, come face to face with, accost, face off (slang) She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face.
challenge, flee, dodge, evade, sidestep, circumvent, body-swerve (Scot.), give a wide berth to, keep or steer clear ofconfrontverb1. To meet face-to-face, especially defiantly:accost, encounter, face, front.2. To come up against:encounter, face, meet, run into.Translationsconfront (kənˈfrant) verb1. to bring face to face with. He was confronted with the evidence of his crime. 使面對 使面对2. to face in a hostile manner; to oppose. They confronted the enemy at dawn. 對抗 对抗ˌconfronˈtation (kon-) noun 對抗 对抗confront
confront (one) with (something)To approach one with the intention of presenting or discussing something unpleasant. If you confront him with evidence of his crime, I think he'll try to leave town.See also: confrontconfront someone with somethingto face someone with incriminating evidence, charges of wrongdoing, or criticism. The angry husband confronted his wife with the evidence of her financial irresponsibility. The police confronted Wilson with the witness's statement.See also: confrontEncyclopediaSeeConfrontationMedicalSeeconfrontationconfront
Synonyms for confrontverb tackleSynonyms- tackle
- deal with
- cope with
- brave
- beard
- face up to
- meet head-on
verb troubleSynonyms- trouble
- face
- afflict
- perplex
- perturb
- bedevil
verb challengeSynonyms- challenge
- face
- oppose
- tackle
- encounter
- defy
- call out
- stand up to
- come face to face with
- accost
- face off
Antonyms- challenge
- flee
- dodge
- evade
- sidestep
- circumvent
- body-swerve
- give a wide berth to
- keep or steer clear of
Synonyms for confrontverb to meet face-to-face, especially defiantlySynonymsverb to come up againstSynonyms- encounter
- face
- meet
- run into
Synonyms for confrontverb oppose, as in hostility or a competitionSynonymsRelated Words- front
- breast
- take the bull by the horns
- encounter
- take on
- meet
- play
- pit
- play off
- oppose
- match
verb deal with (something unpleasant) head onSynonymsRelated Words- confront
- face
- present
- go about
- set about
- approach
- tackle
- undertake
- take on
Antonymsverb present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticizeSynonymsRelated Wordsverb be face to face withRelated Words |