confront
//kənˈfɹʌnt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- confront
- past (v2)
- confronted
- past participle (v3)
- confronted
- present participle
- confronting
- 3rd person singular
- confronts
Definitions
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.
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.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2850
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre
From con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).