vverb.competitionoppose, as in hostility or a competitionSynset:face
Examples:- You must confront your opponent
- Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring
- The two enemies finally confronted each other
Derivationally Related Form:faceconfrontation
Hypernyms:encounter meet play take on
Inherited Hypernyms:confrontmeet
Direct Hyponyms:breastfrontmatchopposepitplay offtake the bull by the horns
Full Troponyms:frontpittake the bull by the horns
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationdeal with (something unpleasant) head onSynset:face face up
Examples:- You must confront your problems
- He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes
Antonyms:avoid
Hypernyms:approach go about set about
Inherited Hypernyms:confrontset aboutact
Direct Hyponyms:tackletake onundertake
Full Troponyms:riseundertake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: face up)
vverb.communicationpresent somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticizeSynset:face present
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:confrontation
Inherited Hypernyms:confront
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody with something (apply to: present)
vverb.stativebe face to face withExamples:- The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume
Derivationally Related Form:confrontation
Hypernyms:face front look
Inherited Hypernyms:confrontfrontliebe
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody