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- Dictionaryconfront/kənˈfrʌnt/
verb
- 1. come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent: "he confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave" Similar Opposite
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to deal with a difficult problem, situation, or person: He forced the country to confront the issue of deforestation. When I took office, I was confronted with new guidelines. Becca will have to confront some frightening truths about this disease.
Confront means either to face a situation that makes you uncomfortable, or to say something to someone about something they've done that bothers you. Rather than letting things go, when people are rude to you you should confront them.
1. : to face especially in challenge : oppose. confront an enemy. The mayor was confronted by a group of protesters. 2. a. : to cause to meet : bring face-to-face. confront a reader with statistics. confronted her with the evidence. b. : to meet face-to-face : encounter. confronted the possibility of failure. confrontal. kən-ˈfrən-tᵊl. noun.
Confront definition: to face in hostility or defiance; oppose. See examples of CONFRONT used in a sentence.
to deal with a difficult problem, situation, or person: He forced the country to confront the issue of deforestation. When I took office, I was confronted with new guidelines. Becca will have to confront some frightening truths about this disease.
1. to face in hostility or defiance; oppose. 2. to set face to face: They confronted him with the evidence. 3. to stand or come in front of; meet face to face.
Definition of confront verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you confront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them. She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face. [ VERB noun ]
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 stand or come in front of; stand or meet facing: The two long-separated brothers confronted each other speechlessly.
to tell someone something, or show them something to try to make them admit they have done something wrong: Confronted with the evidence, she broke down and confessed. be confronted by/with sth. to be in a difficult situation, or to be shown something which may cause difficulties: We are confronted by the possibility of war.
