confront

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(kən-frŭnt') pronunciation

v., -front·ed, -front·ing, -fronts.

v.tr.
  1. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.
  2. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.
  3. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.
v.intr.
To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront" (Gail Sheehy).

[French confronter, from Old French, to adjoin, from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre : Latin com-, com- + Latin frōns, front-, front.]

confronter con·front'er n.
confrontment con·front'ment n.
confrontative con'fron·ta'tive adj.

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verb

  1. To meet face-to-face, especially defiantly: accost, encounter, face, front. See meet.
  2. To come up against: encounter, face, meet, run into. See meet.


v

Definition: challenge
Antonyms: back down

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - konfrontere, møde, sammenligne, stå ansigt til ansigt med
v. intr. - stille sig ansigt til ansigt med, konfrontere

Nederlands (Dutch)
confronteren, tegenover elkaar stellen, het hoofd bieden

Français (French)
v. tr. - faire face à, affronter, mettre qn en présence de qn/qch
v. intr. - s'affronter

Deutsch (German)
v. - gegenübertreten, konfrontieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αντιμετωπίζω (δυσκολίες, εχθρό κ.λπ.), φέρνω αντιμέτωπο, αντιπαρατίθεμαι σε, φέρνω σε αντιπαράσταση (μάρτυρες κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
far fronte a, affrontare, fronteggiare, tener testa a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - confrontar

Русский (Russian)
столкнуться, дать отпор

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - hacer frente a, encarar con
v. intr. - encararse con, enfrentarse a

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - konfrontera, möta, modigt möta, jämföra, ligga mitt emot (om hus)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
使面对, 遭遇, 对抗, 被面对

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使面對, 遭遇, 對抗
v. intr. - 被面對

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 직면하다, 대항하다, 대조하다
v. intr. - 직면하게 되다, 대항하게 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 立ち向かう, 直面する, 直面させる, 対決させる, 突き付ける, 向かい合う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) واجه, جابه, تصدى ل, تحدى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עמד מול, התעמת עם בעיה, האשים‬
v. intr. - ‮עמד מול, התעמת עם‬


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