Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility.
- intransitive verb To bring face to face with.
- intransitive verb To come up against; encounter.
- intransitive verb To engage in confrontation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
- noun Opposition; an opposing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
- transitive verb To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet.
- transitive verb To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To stand or meet
facing , especially incompetition ,hostility ordefiance ; to come face to face with; tooppose ; tochallenge . - verb transitive To
deal with . - verb transitive To something bring face to face with.
- verb transitive To come up against; to
encounter . - verb intransitive To
engage inconfrontation . - verb transitive To set a thing side by side with; to
compare . - verb transitive To put a thing facing to; to set in
contrast to.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- verb present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- verb be face to face with
- verb deal with (something unpleasant) head on
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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GS was what does "the term confront" mean relative to "confronting persons" seeking to access a building without authorization or what does confront mean in the context of dealing with "physical confrontations."
Green Mountain Daily - Front Page GMD 2010
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The question to B&GS was what does "the term confront" mean relative to "confronting persons" seeking to access a building without authorization or what does confront mean in the context of dealing with "physical confrontations."
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Nonetheless, while our committee believes the problem we confront is both real and serious, the good news is that we may well have time to do something about it — if we start now.
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In Brief: Lois and the other BFFs again confront the Trinity.
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“The censorship we now confront is vast in its reach,” Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion, joined by his four more conservative colleagues. or
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But the question that those of us in the "craft" world have to confront is just how compatible "craft" is with "big".
Long Island Beers 2008
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But the question that those of us in the "craft" world have to confront is just how compatible "craft" is with "big".
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But the question that those of us in the "craft" world have to confront is just how compatible "craft" is with "big".
Donavan Hall 2008
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Watch McCain confront protesters at a speech Tuesday morning.
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But the question that those of us in the "craft" world have to confront is just how compatible "craft" is with "big".
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