confront

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /kənˈfɹʌnt/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /kənˈfɹɐnt/ Rhymes: -ʌnt (Northern England) IPA(key): /kənˈfɹʊnt/ IPA(key): (obsolete) /kɒnˈfɹɒnt/ Hyphenation: con‧front === Verb === confront (third-person singular simple present confronts, present participle confronting, simple past and past participle confronted) (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with. Synonyms: oppose, challenge (transitive) To deal with. Synonym: tackle (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare. (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== confronté (heraldry) ==== Translations ==== === References ===