confront

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
2. (transitive) To deal with.
3. (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
4. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
5. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
6. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
7. (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

Sinonieme

face

encounter

oppose

meet

fight

face up

front

tackle

compare

stand up to

combat

present

attack

👊

dare

struggle

challenge

defy

clash

battle

contrast

opposite

outface

brave

breast

accuse

testify

visit

weather

withstand

bring face to face

come face to face

come up against

fight against

make a stand against

meet face to face

be opposite to

be confronted with

be in a stalemate

engage in a hand-to-hand fight

face encounter

wait to meet

cause to face

stop

🛑

place face to face

abut

address

affront

approach

bulldoze

collate

Vertalings

confronter

affronter

affrontare

enfrentar

gegenüberstellen

konfrontieren

confrontar

confrontare

afrontar

confronteren

fronteggiare

واجه

αντιμετωπίζω

entgegentreten

enfrentar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kənˈfɹʌnt/

Etimologie (Engels)

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