confront
IPA: kʌnfrˈʌnt
verb
- (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
- (transitive) To deal with.
- (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
- (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
- (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
- (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
- (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
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Examples of "confront" in Sentences
- The girls finally confront the monster.
- He is confronted by the beastly creature.
- The group was confrontational and experimental.
- In the book, the team confronts the Auctioneer.
- I'm not being confrontational for the sake of it.
- A confrontation between the pastor and the subject.
- Therefore it was confronted with the reproach of nihilism.
- Concrete and intractable problems confronted the Great Powers.
- Confrontational language is detrimental to the goal of this discussion.
- I think Saulus views, rather confrontational, are the source of the problem.