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confront

con·front

Canada, US, UK/kənˈfɹʌnt/Australia, New Zealand/kənˈfɹɐnt/Northern England/kənˈfɹʊnt/obsolete/kɒnˈfɹɒnt/

verb

What it means

  1. transitiveTo stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

    It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.

    Synonyms: oppose, challenge

  2. transitiveTo deal with.

    confront a problem

    Synonyms: tackle

  3. transitiveTo bring someone face to face with something.

    We should confront him about the missing money.

In a sentence

It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.

Where it comes from

  1. Medieval Latincōnfrontāre
  2. Middle Frenchconfronter
  3. Englishconfront

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

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