confront
verbCA, US, UK /kənˈfɹʌnt/ · /kɒnˈfɹɒnt/
Etymology From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).
7 senses
1
To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
- It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
2
To deal with.
- confront a problem
3
To bring someone face to face with something.
- We should confront him about the missing money.
4
To come up against; to encounter.
- Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
5
To engage in confrontation.
6
To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
7
To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
- Derived terms
- carefront, confrontable, confrontation, confrontational, confrontative, confronter, confrontment, confront one's demons, reconfront, unconfronted
- Related terms
- confronté