confront
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
confront (confronts, present participle confronting; past and past participle confronted)
- (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
- Synonyms: oppose, challenge
- We should confront him about the missing money.
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To something bring face to face with.
- (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
- (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
- (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
- (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
- confronté (heraldry)
- French: confronter
- German: konfrontieren, entgegentreten
- Portuguese: confrontar, enfrentar
- Russian: противостоя́ть
- Spanish: enfrentar
- German: konfrontieren, sich einer Sache stellen
- Russian: име́ть де́ло (с)
- Spanish: enfrentar
- German: konfrontieren
- Spanish: enfrentar
- German: konfrontieren, begegnen
- Russian: ста́лкиваться
- Spanish: enfrentar
- German: konfrontieren, gegenübertreten
- Spanish: enfrentar
- German: gegenüberstellen
- Italian: confrontare
- German: gegenüberstellen
- Russian: сопоставля́ть
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