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.