confront

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /kʌnˈfrʌnt/

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• Hyphenation: con‧front

Verb

Plain form confront

Third-person singular confronts

Past tense confronted

Past participle confronted

Present participle confronting

1. (transitive) If you are confronted with something, you come face to face with it.

   The man confronted the burglar.

Related words

• confrontation
• confrontational