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confront English

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Definitions in simple English

confront Verb

— If you are confronted with something, you come face to face with it. The man confronted the burglar.

confront

— verb (= face) 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 — verb (= face) deal with (something unpleasant) head on You must confront your problems He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes — verb (= face, present) 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 — verb be face to face with The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume

Synonyms confront synonyms

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confront English » English

face encounter oppose meet front fight face up tackle stand up to present compare combat attack struggle outface opposite defy dare contrast clash challenge breast brave battle accuse withstand weather wait to meet visit testify take on take surprise stop see scowl resist rendezvous place face to face meet face to face make a stand against juxtapose intercept greet grab find fight against face encounter envisage engage in a hand-to-hand fight

Topics confront topics

What do people use confront to talk about?
Social behavior Law Trial

Accuse, confront
Social behavior Conflict

Fight
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Attack

Conjugation confront conjugation

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confront · verb

Examples confront examples

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Simple sentences

I think it's time for me to confront that problem.
A soldier often has to confront danger.
In Ankara, I made clear that America is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
In Ankara, I made clear that the United States is not - and never will be - at war with Islam. We will, however, relentlessly confront violent extremists who pose a grave threat to our security.
Mary doesn't have enough courage to confront Tom directly.

Movie subtitles

We must confront it.
I'd like to confront him with you.
Now I'm forced to confront you with this American but, of course, if you will assure me that you.
Our confront will be short. Call you back soon.
The problems that confront the average man.
Why shouldn't I go to Berlin and confront this rat?
Confront it with a belief that the past is over with, that a new life lies ahead.
We must confront him with that witch.
If necessary, even confront him, quietly, of course.
I want you to confront this man with your charges.
Take him to Washington, confront the staff with the proof that the only way to fight espionage is with counterespionage.
He knew how to confront them when necessary.
So should I walk in and confront him like an injured husband?
Why didn't you confront Stephen with it?
My God, give me the force to confront my own lies?
I had Sir Henri arrested. - We must confront him with that witch.
I want you to confront this man with your charges!
I'm a new man now that you love me. If my uncle were to come between us, I'd confront him.
It is time to confront her with reality.
The charges have been brought by your wife, whom you'll confront.
The dangers that confront you, those are real.
We'll confront the people and the gladiators, and kill them all.
And we saw Sloan confront this attendant.
I'll pull Humbert in for questioning, confront him with those safebreakers. But I feel that's going to be a formality.
We've just been devising a small embellishment to the scene where you confront Ralph with the truth about the killing of Rona La Plante.
Our enemies dare not confront us.
Stark realism. The problems that confront the average man.
Crin-Blanc did not like human beings. He knew how to confront them when necessary.
I had to face it, confront it.
Seeing you're so brave, why don't you confront them now?
She's coming down to confront her murderer.
I proved I don't hold a grudge because you called me stupid, and I also proved that you can't confront my strength.
You confront me with God and the church, pure God and God all day long.
I was hoping to confront the villain with the evidence of that passageway, but now that he's dead.
I had to confront cynicism, corruption.
I'm not your government's police to use force to solve the conflicts you should confront!
Even confront Diaz.

News and current affairs

Romania will have to decide whether or not it actually wants to have a past before its people can begin to confront and live with theirs.
Today's mega-cities, for example, already have to confront dangerous heat waves, rising sea levels, more extreme storms, dire congestion, and air and water pollution.
The French government's new push to confront the country's economic plight matters not only to France, but to Europe and the world as well.
To generate the political will that such reforms require, we must confront policymakers' inertia and inaction with the grim facts of inequality and its devastating effects on our children.
PARIS - To evaluate an American president's foreign-policy performance after one term is challenging, given the complex diplomatic and strategic environment and significant domestic constraints that confront every US president.
The US is the world's major emitter of carbon dioxide from energy use, but it has done the least among all major economies to confront the global challenge.
He preferred to confront corrupt institutions one at a time as he consolidated his rule.
So the real issue in the forthcoming Duma elections will be how powerfully regional elites confront Putin.
Across the board, more global rules are needed so that global efforts to confront poverty, disease, and mass migration can be made consistent, predictable and most of all effective.
Either way, Iran's activities confront the world with difficult choices.
If Palestinians disarm but still confront Israeli demands to keep West Bank settlements, then Palestine will never have a viable state.
In a world made smaller by modern telecommunications, satellite TV, and the Internet, the vast challenges of development that we continue to face confront us everyday.
Members of NATO share much more than an alliance; we are united by ties of blood and purpose, a heritage of liberty, and a calling to confront extremists' violence - and defeat it.
He (or she) will have to stay in Iraq, engage in the Israel-Palestine conflict on the side of Israel, confront a tougher Russia, deal with an ever more ambitious China, and face the challenge of global warming.
Even more policy coordination will be needed both to confront the crisis and to re-establish EU norms once the storm clouds begin to dissipate.
Likewise, the eurozone needs a mechanism to confront runs on its member countries' government debt.
At that point, China will face the same productivity challenges that confront America and others.
A good example is the international effort to confront the Islamic State's malign brutality in Iraq and Syria.
NATO was founded to confront the threat that the USSR represented 60 years ago.
The cost of maintaining internal order will continue to rise as the system's fundamental defects force the new leader to confront stark new challenges.
A courageous Western leader might confront Myanmar's leaders with a threat that would really frighten them: deeper engagement.
Once in power, the DPJ will immediately confront the massive bureaucracy and entrenched mandarins, which usually sabotage any efforts at administrative reform that threatens their power and vested interests.
Europeans have to adjust to it, rise to its challenges, and confront competition from the emerging powers.

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