confront (redirected from confrontative)

con·front  (kn-frnt)

v. con·front·ed, con·front·ing, con·fronts

v.tr.

1. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.

2. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.

3. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.

v.intr.

To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront" (Gail Sheehy).

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[French confronter, from Old French, to adjoin, from Medieval Latin cnfrontre : Latin com-, com- + Latin frns, front-, front.]

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con·fronter n.

con·frontment n.

confron·tative adj.

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confront [kənˈfrʌnt]

vb (tr)

1. (usually foll by with) to present or face (with something), esp in order to accuse or criticize

2. to face boldly; oppose in hostility

3. to be face to face with; be in front of

4. to bring together for comparison

[from Medieval Latin confrontārī to stand face to face with, from frons forehead]

confronter  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	confront - 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" face front, breast - confront bodily; "breast the storm" take the bull by the horns - face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it encounter, take on, meet, play - contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" pit, play off, oppose, match - set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
	2.	confront - deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" face, face up confront, 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" go about, set about, approach - begin to deal with; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" tackle, undertake, take on - accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task" avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
	3.	confront - 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" face, present face, face up, confront - deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
	4.	confront - be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume" front, face, look - be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"

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confront

verb

1. tackle, deal with, cope with, brave, beard, face up to, meet head-on We are learning how to confront death.

2. trouble, face, afflict, perplex, perturb, bedevil the environmental crisis which confronts us all

3. challenge, face, oppose, tackle, encounter, defy, call out, stand up to, come face to face with, accost, face off (slang) She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face.
challenge, flee, dodge, evade, sidestep, circumvent, body-swerve (Scot.), give a wide berth to, keep or steer clear of

Translations

confront [kənˈfrʌnt] VT (= face squarely) → hacer frente a; (= face defiantly) → enfrentarse con
to confront sb with sth → confrontar a algn con algo
to confront sb with the facts → exponer delante de algn los hechos
the problems which confront us → los problemas con los que nos enfrentamos
we were confronted by the river → estábamos delante el río

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confront [kənˈfrʌnt] vt

(= face, tackle) [+ person, enemy] → affronter, faire face à; [+ issue, question] → faire face à; [+ danger] → affronter, faire face à
to be confronted with sth [+ problem, situation, choice] → être confronté(e) à qch

(= accuse) to confront sb with sth [+ evidence, facts] → mettre qn en face de qch
She had decided to confront him with what she had learnt → Elle avait décidé de le mettre en face de ce qu'elle avait appris.
to confront sb about sth → affronter qn sur qch, attaquer qn sur qch

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confront

vt

(= face) danger, enemy, the boss → gegenübertreten (+dat); (fig) problems, issue also → begegnen (+dat); (= stand or be confronting) wall of ice etc → gegenüberstehen (+dat); (problems, decisions) → sich stellen (+dat)

(= bring face to face with) → konfrontieren; to confront somebody with somebody/something → jdn jdm gegenüberstellen, jdn mit jdm/etw konfrontieren; to be confronted with something → mit etw konfrontiert sein, vor etw (dat) → stehen; (when) confronted with → angesichts (+gen)

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confront [kənˈfrʌnt] vt (enemy, danger) → affrontare; (defiantly) → fronteggiare
to confront sb with sth → mettere qn a confronto con qc
the problems which confront us → i problemi da affrontare

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confront

v confront [kənˈfrant]

1 to bring face to face with He was confronted with the evidence of his crime. teenoor stel, teenoor mekaar te staan kom, konfronteer يُواجِه изправям (се) срещу konfrontovat stå ansigt til ansigt med; konfrontere konfrontieren φέρνω κπ. αντιμέτωπο με κτ. hacer frente a, plantar cara a vastamisi seadma رو در رو شدن؛ مواجه کردن با saattaa vastatusten confronter (avec) לַעֲמוֹד בִּפנֵי सामना करना suočiti se szembesít menghadapi (verða að) horfast í augu við mettere di fronte a ～に直面する 직면하다 suvesti į akistatą, pateikti (įrodymus) konfrontēt; nostādīt aci pret aci berhadapan confronteren konfrontere, stå ansikt til ansikt med skonfrontować confrontar a se confrunta (cu) ставить лицом к лицу konfrontovať soočiti suočiti sa konfrontera เผชิญหน้า yüzleştirmek 使面對 стояти віч-на-віч перед سامن‍ے لانا đương đầu với 使面对

2 to face in a hostile manner; to oppose They confronted the enemy at dawn. konfronteer, te kampe hê met يُجابِه، يَتَصَدّى посрещам смело čelit, stát před (čím) konfrontere sich gegenüberstehen αντιμετωπίζω enfrentar, enfrentarse a vastu astuma مقابله کردن؛ رو در رو شدن käydä vastaan affronter לַעֲמוָד מוּל टकराव होना या करना suprotstaviti se szembeszáll melawan mæta, standa andspænis affrontare ～に立ち向かう 대결하다 susidurti (su) atrasties pretī; sadurties menghadapi confronteren møte (fiendtlig), gjøre motstand mot stanąć oko w oko z, stawić czoła defrontar a înfrunta противостоять čeliť spopasti se z sukobiti se möta [] เผชิญหน้า karşı karşıya gelmek 對抗 відбивати удар; чинити опір مقابل‍ہ كرنا đương đầu 对抗

n confronˈtation [kon-]

teenoorstelling, konfrontasie مُواجَهَه، مُجابَهَه очна ставка konfrontace konfrontation die Gegenüberstellung αναμέτρηση enfrentamiento konfrontatsioon رو در رویی؛ مقابله konfrontaatio confrontation עִמוּת @@@עִימוּת$$$ सामना, मुकाबला suočenje szembesítés konfrontasi beinn árekstur (deiluaðila) confronto 対決 직면, 대결 susidūrimas, konfrontacija pretstatījums; konfrontācija penentangan confrontatie konfrontasjon, sammenstøt konfrontacja confronto confruntare конфронтация konfrontácia soočenje sukob konfrontation การเผชิญหน้า yüzleştirme; karşı karşıya gelme 對抗 конфронтація, протиборство مقابل‍ہ، سامنا sự đương đầu 对抗