Confront

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo 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."

2.VerbTo deal with.

"confront a problem"

3.VerbTo bring someone face to face with something.

"We should confront him about the missing money."

4.VerbTo come up against; to encounter.

"Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final."

5.VerbTo engage in confrontation.

6.VerbTo set a thing side by side with; to compare.

7.VerbTo put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

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