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Definition of "confront" []

  • To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law. (verb-transitive)
  • To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt. (verb-transitive)
  • To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn. (verb-transitive)
  • To engage in confrontation: "She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront” ( Gail Sheehy). (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "confront" in a sentence
  • "GS was what does "the term confront" mean relative to "confronting persons" seeking to access a building without authorization or what does confront mean in the context of dealing with "physical confrontations.""
  • "The question to B&GS was what does "the term confront" mean relative to "confronting persons" seeking to access a building without authorization or what does confront mean in the context of dealing with "physical confrontations.""
  • "“The censorship we now confront is vast in its reach,” Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion, joined by his four more conservative colleagues. or"