Confront

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.
  • v. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.
  • v. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confrontā€ ( Gail Sheehy).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
  • v. To deal with.
  • v. To something bring face to face with.
  • v. To come up against; to encounter.
  • v. To engage in confrontation.
  • v. To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  • v. To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
  • v. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet.
  • v. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. Opposition; an opposing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  • v. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
  • v. be face to face with
  • v. deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    look    face    front   
    Cross Reference
    face    oppose    compare   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    compare   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hunt    Lunt    affront    blunt    brunt    bunt    cunt    front    grunt    hunt