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confront
[ kuhn-fruhnt ]
verb (used with object)
- to face in hostility or defiance; oppose:
The feuding factions confronted one another.
- to present for acknowledgment, contradiction, etc.; set face to face:
They confronted him with evidence of his crime.
- to face and deal with boldly or directly:
The city refuses to confront the real reason for the housing shortage.
- to stand or come in front of; stand or meet facing:
The two long-separated brothers confronted each other speechlessly.
- to be in one's way:
the numerous obstacles that still confronted him.
- to bring together for examination or comparison.
confront
/ əˈڰʌԳ /
verb
- usually foll by with to present or face (with something), esp in order to accuse or criticize
- to face boldly; oppose in hostility
- to be face to face with; be in front of
- to bring together for comparison
Derived Forms
- DzˈڰDzԳٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- Dz·ڰDzԳ· noun
- ·Dz·ڰDzԳ verb (used with object)
- ܲ·Dz·ڰDzԳ· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of confront1
Example Sentences
There will be more school shootings and inevitably more movies confronting this epidemic.
She was confronted with a fresh list of roughly 500 names, and, in her words, a new search for "a needle in a haystack".
But that history is constantly being readjusted and reconfigured depending on the narrator’s state of mind and the different versions they’re confronted with when they bump up against other people’s memories and narratives.
Car buyers looking to snag new wheels will likely be confronted with sticker shock after President Trump’s 25% tax on imported vehicles and auto parts kicks in.
Where “Will” is told with a straightforward directness, confronting practical realities, “Nightshift” is a film of ambiguous evocation, existing in an interzone between waking, dreaming and nightmare.
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