confront
Use Confront in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.
2.
to present for acknowledgment, contradiction, etc.; set face to face: They confronted him with evidence of his crime.
3.
to stand or come in front of; stand or meet facing: The two long-separated brothers confronted each other speechlessly.
4.
to be in one's way: the numerous obstacles that still confronted him.
5.
to bring together for examination or comparison.
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confront (kənˈfrʌnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | to face boldly; oppose in hostility |
| 3. | to be face to face with; be in front of |
| 4. | to bring together for comparison |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin confrontārī to stand face to face with, from frons forehead] | |
| con'fronter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
confront
1560s, "to stand in front of," from M.Fr. confronter, from M.L. confrontare "assign limits, adjoin," from L. com- "together" + frontem (nom. frons) "forehead." Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is c.1580.
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Example sentences
No artist can be reproached for shrinking from a risk which only fools run to meet and only genius dare confront with impunity.
Talk to them, and you confront every modern challenge in weighing what medicine can do, versus what it should.
Talk to all sides, and you confront every modern challenge in weighing what medicine can do vs what it should.
In order to end a fear your dog must confront and conquer the fear.
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