confront

UK: /kənˈfrʌnt/ US: /kənˈfrʌnt/ ,(kən frunt′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•front /kənˈfrʌnt/   v. [~ + object]

1. to face (someone) in hostility:
   Two police officers confronted me and demanded identification.
2. [~ + object + with + object] to present or put facts or evidence to (someone):
   They confronted him with the evidence.
3. to occur or arise as something to be dealt with:
   the obstacles that confronted us.

con•front•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

con•front  (kən frunt′), v.t. 

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.

• Medieval Latin confrontārī, equivalent. to Latin con- con- + -frontārī, derivative of Latin frōns forehead, front
• 1595–1605

con•front′al, con•front′ment, n. 
con•front′er, n. 

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confront / kənˈfrʌnt/ verb (transitive)

1. (usually followed 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

Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin confrontārī to stand face to face with, from frons forehead