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.

Concepten

confronteren

het hoofd bieden

tegenover stellen

niet wijken

pal staan

aanspreken

vergelijken

weerstaan

zich verzetten

standhouden

bezwaar hebben tegen

niet toegeven

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

confronter

affronter

affrontare

enfrentar

gegenüberstellen

konfrontieren

confrontar

confrontare

afrontar

fronteggiare

واجه

αντιμετωπίζω

entgegentreten

enfrentar

karşılaştırmak

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kənˈfɹʌnt/

Etymologie (Engels)

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