Confront

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  • intransitive verb. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility.
  • intransitive verb. To bring face to face with.
  • intransitive verb. To come up against; encounter.
  • intransitive verb. To engage in confrontation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Opposition; an opposing.
  • To stand facing; be in front of; face.
  • To stand in direct opposition to; meet in hostility; oppose; challenge.
  • To set face to face; bring into the presence of, as for proof or verification: followed by with: as, the accused was confronted with the witness, or with the body of his victim.
  • To set together for comparison; bring into contrast: with with.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
  • transitive verb. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet.
  • transitive verb. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
  • verb. To deal with.
  • verb. To something bring face to face with.
  • verb. To come up against; to encounter.
  • verb. To engage in confrontation.
  • verb. To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  • verb. To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  • verb. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
  • verb. be face to face with
  • verb. deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  • Word Usage
    "GS was what does "the term confront" mean relative to "confronting persons" seeking to access a building without authorization or what does confront mean in the context of dealing with "physical confrontations.""
    cross-reference
    compare  face  oppose  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    face  front  look  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hunt  Lunt  affront  blunt  brunt  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form