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confront

kәn'frʌnt8 senses · 820 ms
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verb/kənˈfɹʌnt//kənˈfɹɐnt//kənˈfɹʊnt/
  1. 1

    To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.transitive

    • It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
  2. 2

    To deal with.transitive

    • confront a problem
  3. 3

    To bring someone face to face with something.transitive

    • We should confront him about the missing money.
  4. 4

    To come up against; to encounter.transitive

    • Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
  5. 5

    To engage in confrontation.intransitive

  6. 6

    To set a thing side by side with; to compare.transitive

  7. 7

    To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.transitive

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