confront

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to deal with something unpleasant head on

   You must confront your problems.

2. 2
   verb

   to present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

   We confronted them with the evidence.

3. 3
   verb

   to oppose, as in hostility or a competition

   You must confront your opponent

4. 4
   verb

   to be face to face with

   The child screamed when they confronted the man in the Halloween costume.

5. 5
   verb

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

   It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.

6. 6
   verb

   To deal with.

   confront a problem

7. 7
   verb

   To bring someone face to face with something.

   We should confront him about the missing money.

8. 8
   verb

   To come up against; to encounter.

   Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.

Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).