CONFRONT meaning: Face someone about an issue

We found 31 dictionaries that define the word confront:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

confront: Merriam-Webster.com
confront: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
confront: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
confront: Collins English Dictionary
confront: Vocabulary.com
Confront, confront: Wordnik
confront: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
confront: Wiktionary
confront: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
confront: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
confront: Infoplease Dictionary
confront: Dictionary.com
confront: Online Etymology Dictionary
confront: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Confront: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
confront: Rhymezone
confront: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
confront: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
confront: Free Dictionary
confront: Mnemonic Dictionary
confront: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
confront: Dictionary/thesaurus
confront: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
confront: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

confront: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

confront: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)

Scientology® and Dianetics® (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

confront: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
▸ verb:  (transitive) To deal with.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

Similar:

face up, face, present, affront, meet, cope, brace, compete, collide, clash, more...

Opposite:

avoid, evade, dodge, shun, elude

Types:

challenge, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, brave, endure, more...

Phrases:

right to confront accusors, to confront, opposite of confront, confront with resistance, resist or confront with resistance, more...

Colors:

red, black, dark gray, crimson, maroon, burgundy, charcoal, navy blue, scarlet, rust

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