Confront

  • 11confront */*/ — UK [kənˈfrʌnt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms confront : present tense I/you/we/they confront he/she/it confronts present participle confronting past tense confronted past participle confronted 1) [often passive] to go close to someone in a… …

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  • 12confront — transitive verb Etymology: Middle French confronter to border on, confront, from Medieval Latin confrontare to bound, from Latin com + front , frons forehead, front Date: circa 1568 1. to face especially in challenge ; oppose < confront …

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  • 13confront — v. (D; tr.) to confront with (to confront a prisoner with a witness) * * * [kən frʌnt] (D;tr.) to confrontwith (to confront a prisoner with a witness) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 14confront — 01. He [confronted] his roommate after he found twenty dollars had been stolen out of his coat pocket. 02. Mark has been [confronted] with some serious personal problems lately, and is finding it difficult to concentrate at work. 03. The new&#8230; …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15confront — con|front [kənˈfrʌnt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: confronter to have a border with, confront , from Medieval Latin, from Latin com ( COM ) + frons ( FRONT1)] 1.) if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16confront — con|front [ kən frʌnt ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to deal with a difficult situation: It takes courage to confront your fears. We need to confront these problems before it s too late. a ) if a problem or difficult situation confronts you, you have&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17confront — verb (T) 1 to behave in a threatening way towards someone, as though you are going to attack them: Opening the door, he found himself confronted by a dozen policemen with guns. 2 to deal with something very difficult or unpleasant in a brave and&#8230; …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18confront — verb 1) Jones confronted the intruder Syn: challenge, face (up to), come face to face with, meet, accost; stand up to, brave; tackle; informal collar Ant: avoid 2) the problems that confront us Syn …

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  • 19confront — verb 1) Martin confronted the burglar Syn: challenge, square up to, face (up to), come face to face with, meet, accost, stand up to, tackle 2) the problems that confront us Syn: face, plague …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 20confront — Synonyms and related words: accost, advance, affront, alight upon, analogize, approach, appropinquate, approximate, assimilate, await, baffle, balance, balk, be imminent, be in store, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up, beard, bell the cat,&#8230; …

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