| confront | | |
| v. (competition) | 1. confront, face | oppose, as in hostility or a competition.; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" |
| ~ front, breast | confront bodily.; "breast the storm" |
| ~ take the bull by the horns | face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it. |
| ~ encounter, take on, meet, play | contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle.; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" |
| ~ pit, play off, oppose, match | set into opposition or rivalry.; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" |
| v. (communication) | 2. confront, face, face up | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| ~ confront, face, present | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
| ~ go about, set about, approach | begin to deal with.; "approach a task"; "go about a difficult problem"; "approach a new project" |
| ~ tackle, undertake, take on | accept as a challenge.; "I'll tackle this difficult task" |
| v. (communication) | 3. confront, face, present | present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" |
| ~ face, face up, confront | deal with (something unpleasant) head on.; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes" |
| v. (stative) | 4. confront | be face to face with.; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume" |
| ~ front, face, look | be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park" |
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