Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - confront
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Confront
confront
transitive verb Etymology: Middle French ~er to border on, ~, from Medieval Latin ~are to bound, from Latin com- + front-, frons forehead, front Date: circa 1568 1. to face especially in challenge ; oppose ~ an enemy 2. a. to cause to meet ; bring face-to-face ~ a reader with statistics b. to meet face-to-face ; encounter ~ed the possibility of failure • ~al noun • ~er noun
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v.tr. 1 a face in hostility or defiance. b face up to and deal with (a problem, difficulty, etc.). 2 (of a difficulty etc.) present itself to (countless obstacles confronted us). 3 (foll. by with) a bring (a person) face to face with (a circumstance), esp. by way of accusation (confronted them with the evidence). b set (a thing) face to face with (another) for comparison. 4 meet or stand facing. Derivatives confrontation n. confrontational adj. Etymology: F confronter f. med.L confrontare (as com-, frontare f. frons frontis face) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
гл. 1) стоять против 2) встречаться лицом к лицу 3) противостоять 4) сравнивать, сопоставлять - be confronted by difficulties - be confronted with difficulties ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
3.
1. стоять против my house confronts yours —- мой дом против вашего (дома) 2. встретиться лицом к лицу he was confronted by two queer-looking men —- он лицом к лицу столкнулся с двумя подозрительными людьми 3. столкнуться to be confronted by difficulties —- столкнуться с трудностями 4. сталкивать (кого-л с чем-л) to confront the pupils with too much information —- перегружать учеников слишком большой информацией to confront a reader with statistics —- обрушить на читателя поток статистических данных 5. противостоять, смотреть в лицо (опасности, смерти) 6. юр. конфронтировать, делать очную ставку he was confronted with his accusers —- ему дали очную ставку с людьми, его обвиняющими 7. юр. предъявлять the lawyer confronted the accused man with the forged check —- юрист предъявил обвиняемому подделанный чек 8. сравнивать, сопоставлять, сличать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) стоять лицом к лицу; стоять против (with) The writer confronted his pile of work with determination. Fearless hunters confront wild animals with bravery. 2) противостоять; смотреть в лицо (смерти, опасности) 3) pass. быть поставленным перед (with) he was confronted with demands - ему были предъявлены требования 4) делать очную ставку (with) 5) сопоставлять, сличать ...Англо-русский словарь
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(confronts, confronting, confronted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it. She was confronted with severe money problems... Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them. = face VERB: be V-ed with/by n, V n 2. If you confront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it. We are learning how to confront death... NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions. = face VERB: V n, V n 3. If you are confronted by something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you. I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches. = face VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with/by n 4. If you confront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them. She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face... The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate. VERB: V n, V n 5. If you confront someone with something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something. She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt... I could not bring myself to confront him about it... His confronting me forced me to search for the answers. VERB: V n with n, V n about n, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v 1 to behave in a threatening way towards someone, as though you are going to attack them (Opening the door, he found himself confronted by a dozen policemen with guns.) 2 to deal with something very difficult or unpleasant in a brave and determined way (We try to help people confront their problems.) 3 usually passive to suddenly appear and need to be dealt with (On my first day at work I was confronted with the task of chairing a meeting.) 4 to accuse someone of doing something by showing them the proof (confront sb with the evidence/proof) (When the police confronted her with the evidence, she admitted everything.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- c.1568, from M.Fr. confronter, from M.L. confrontare "assign limits, adjoin," from L. com- "together" + frontem (nom. frons) "forehead." Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is c.1580. Confrontational first recorded 1975. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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