Definitions for confront
kənˈfrʌntcon·front

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. confront, face(verb)

   oppose, as in hostility or a competition

   "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"

2. confront, face up, face(verb)

   deal with (something unpleasant) head on

   "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"

3. confront, face, present(verb)

   present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

   "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"

4. confront(verb)

   be face to face with

   "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. confront(Verb)

   To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.

   We should confront him about the missing money.

   Etymology: From confronter, from confrontare, from con- + frons

2. confront(Verb)

   To deal with.

   Etymology: From confronter, from confrontare, from con- + frons

3. confront(Verb)

   To something bring face to face with.

   Etymology: From confronter, from confrontare, from con- + frons

4. confront(Verb)

   To come up against; to encounter.

   Etymology: From confronter, from confrontare, from con- + frons

5. confront(Verb)

   To engage in confrontation.

   Etymology: From confronter, from confrontare, from con- + frons

6. confront(Verb)

   To set a thing side by side with; to compare.

   Etymology: From confronter, from confrontare, from con- + frons

7. confront(Verb)

   To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

   Etymology: From confronter, from confrontare, from con- + frons

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Confront(verb)

   to stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness

   Etymology: [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.]

2. Confront(verb)

   to put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing

   Etymology: [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.]

3. Confront(verb)

   to set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare

   Etymology: [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Confront

   kon-frunt′, v.t. to stand in front of: to face: to oppose: to bring face to face: to compare.—n. Confrontā′tion, the bringing of people face to face. [Fr. confronter—Low L.,—L. con, together, and frons, the front. See Front.]

British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'confront' in Verbs Frequency: #644

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of confront in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of confront in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of confront in a Sentence

1. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence:

   This is not about discrimination, this is about empowering people to confront government overreach.

2. Gerald Ford:

   We have come tardily to the tremendous task of cleaning up our environment. We should have moved with similar zeal at least a decade ago. But no purpose is served by post-mortems. With visionary zeal but the greatest realism, we must now address ourselves to the vast problems that confront us.

3. White House:

   Recent events underscore the need to accelerate the Administration’s cyber strategy and confront aggressive, persistent malicious actors that continue to target our nation’s cyber infrastructure.

4. Marco Rubio:

   Only America can convene Sunni forces from what I believe needs to be a combined Sunni force of Egyptians, Saudis, Jordanians, Sunnis in Iraq, Sunnis in Syria to confront a radical Sunni movement and defeat them militarily. They will need our help in convening it, but it doesn't involve a full-scale U.S. invasion of Iraq.

5. Adam Schiff:

   If we don't confront him on this, you can expect he's going to make other equally false claims in the future and this is not only hurting him but it's hurting the presidency, it's hurting our credibility around the world.

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