confront
verb /kənˈfrʌnt/
/kənˈfrʌnt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they confront | /kənˈfrʌnt/ /kənˈfrʌnt/ |
| he / she / it confronts | /kənˈfrʌnts/ /kənˈfrʌnts/ |
| past simple confronted | /kənˈfrʌntɪd/ /kənˈfrʌntɪd/ |
| past participle confronted | /kənˈfrʌntɪd/ /kənˈfrʌntɪd/ |
| -ing form confronting | /kənˈfrʌntɪŋ/ /kənˈfrʌntɪŋ/ |
- confront somebody/something (of problems or a difficult situation) to appear and need to be dealt with by somebody
- What is to be done about the economic problems confronting the country?
- I was suddenly confronted by the task of rewriting the entire book.
- The government found itself confronted by massive opposition.
- confront something to deal with a problem or difficult situation synonym face up to
- She knew that she had to confront her fears.
Extra Examples- The new state confronted head-on the question of national identity.
- He is willing to confront problems directly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- directly
- head-on
- squarely
- …
- be confronted with something
- find yourself confronted by something
- confront somebody to face somebody so that they cannot avoid seeing and hearing you, especially in an unfriendly or dangerous situation
- This was the first time he had confronted an armed robber.
- Confronted by an angry crowd, the police retreated.
- The demonstrators found themselves confronted by a line of police, blocking the road.
- confront somebody with somebody/something to make somebody face or deal with an unpleasant or difficult person or situation
- He confronted her with a choice between her career or their relationship.
- These texts constantly confront the reader with their demanding claims.
- be confronted by/with somethingto have something in front of you that you have to deal with or react to
- Most people when confronted with a horse will pat it.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French confronter, from medieval Latin confrontare, from Latin con- ‘with’ + frons, front- ‘face’.