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/kənˈfɹʌnt/
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/kənˈfɹɐnt/
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K AH0 N F R AH1 N T
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To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oppose, challenge
Antonyms: none provided
To deal with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tackle
Antonyms: none provided
To bring someone face to face with something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
We should confront him about the missing money.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To come up against; to encounter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To engage in confrontation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
deal with (something unpleasant) head on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
You must confront your problems He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: face up, face
Antonyms: avoid
Broader terms: set about, go about, approach
Narrower terms: undertake, tackle, take on
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: face, present
Antonyms: none provided
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
You must confront your opponent Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring The two enemies finally confronted each other
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: face
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meet, encounter, play, take on
Narrower terms: front, breast, take the bull by the horns, pit, oppose, match, play off
be face to face with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: front, look, face
From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).
Across languages
Translations 95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
konfronteer
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Albanian :
ballafaqoj
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Arabic :
وَاجَهَ
(wājaha)
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Central Bikol :
atubang
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Bulgarian :
противостоя
(protivostoja)
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Bulgarian :
изправям се пред
(izpravjam se pred)
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Catalan :
confrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Catalan :
enfrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Czech :
čelit
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Dutch :
confronteren
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Esperanto :
konfronti
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Esperanto :
alfronti
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Finnish :
kohdata
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
French :
confronter
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
German :
konfrontieren
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
German :
entgegentreten
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Hebrew :
הִתְעַמֵּת
(hit'amét)
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Ido :
konfrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Italian :
affrontare
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Italian :
confrontare
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Latin :
cōnfrontō
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Lü :
ᦎᦹᧅ
(ṫuek)
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Māori :
whakapātari
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Māori :
tuma
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Māori :
whakahorohoro
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Māori :
whakatuma
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Occitan :
afrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Portuguese :
confrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Portuguese :
enfrentar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Russian :
противостоя́ть
(protivostojátʹ)
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Spanish :
enfrentar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Spanish :
confrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Spanish :
salirle al paso
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Spanish :
enfrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Spanish :
afrontar
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Spanish :
hacer frente
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Thai :
เผชิญหน้า
(pà-chəən-nâa)
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Thai :
สู้หน้า
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Turkish :
yüzleşmek
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Turkish :
göğüs germek
— to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance
Albanian :
ballafaqoj
— to deal with
Bulgarian :
имам работа с
(imam rabota s)
— to deal with
Dutch :
confronteren
— to deal with
Esperanto :
alfronti
— to deal with
Finnish :
kohdata
— to deal with
German :
sich einer Sache f stellen
— to deal with
German :
sich mit etwas auseinandersetzen
— to deal with
German :
sich mit einem Problem befassen
— to deal with
Italian :
affrontare
— to deal with
Russian :
име́ть де́ло
— to deal with
Spanish :
enfrentar
— to deal with
Swedish :
konfrontera
— to deal with
Albanian :
ballafaqoj
— to bring someone face to face with something
Dutch :
confronteren
— to bring someone face to face with something
Finnish :
kohdata
— to bring someone face to face with something
German :
konfrontieren
— to bring someone face to face with something
Italian :
confrontarsi
— to bring someone face to face with something
Spanish :
enfrentar
— to bring someone face to face with something
Turkish :
yüzleştirmek
— to bring someone face to face with something
Albanian :
kundërvihem (i)
— to come up against; to encounter
Bulgarian :
стоя срещу
(stoja sreštu)
— to come up against; to encounter
Dutch :
confronteren
— to come up against; to encounter
Finnish :
kohdata
— to come up against; to encounter
German :
konfrontieren
— to come up against; to encounter
German :
begegnen
— to come up against; to encounter
Italian :
sfidare
— to come up against; to encounter
Russian :
ста́лкиваться
(stálkivatʹsja)
— to come up against; to encounter
Russian :
столкну́ться
(stolknútʹsja)
— to come up against; to encounter
Spanish :
enfrentar
— to come up against; to encounter
Turkish :
karşı koymak
— to come up against; to encounter
Ukrainian :
стика́тися
(stykátysja)
— to come up against; to encounter
Ukrainian :
зіткну́тися
(zitknútysja)
— to come up against; to encounter
Albanian :
përballoj
— to engage in confrontation
Dutch :
confronteren
— to engage in confrontation
German :
konfrontieren
— to engage in confrontation
German :
gegenübertreten
— to engage in confrontation
Hebrew :
התעמת
(hit'amét)
— to engage in confrontation
Māori :
whakatumatuma
— to engage in confrontation
Spanish :
enfrentar
— to engage in confrontation
Swedish :
konfrontera
— to engage in confrontation
Albanian :
ballafaqoj
— to set a thing side by side with; to compare
Bulgarian :
съпоставям
(sǎpostavjam)
— to set a thing side by side with; to compare
Dutch :
tegenover stellen
— to set a thing side by side with; to compare
Dutch :
vergelijken
— to set a thing side by side with; to compare
German :
gegenüberstellen
— to set a thing side by side with; to compare
German :
nebeneinanderhalten
— to set a thing side by side with; to compare
Italian :
confrontare
— to set a thing side by side with; to compare
Albanian :
ballafaqoj
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
Bulgarian :
съпоставям
(sǎpostavjam)
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
Dutch :
tegenover stellen
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
German :
einander gegenüberstellen
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
Russian :
сопоставля́ть
(sopostavljátʹ)
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
Russian :
сопоста́вить
(sopostávitʹ)
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
Russian :
противопоставля́ть
(protivopostavljátʹ)
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
Russian :
противопоста́вить
(protivopostávitʹ)
— to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to
