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confront
Overview of verb confront
The verb confront has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (24) 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")
2. (11) confront, face up, face -- (deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes")
3. (7) 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")
4. (4) confront -- (be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume")
Grep of noun confront
confrontation
right to confront accusors
Antonyms of verb confront
1 of 4 senses of confront
Sense 2
confront, face up, face
Antonym of avoid (Sense 1)
=>avoid
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confront
4 senses of confront
Sense 1
confront, face
=> meet, encounter, play, take on
Sense 2
confront, face up, face
=> set about, go about, approach
=> act, move
Sense 3
confront, face, present
Sense 4
confront
=> front, look, face
=> lie
=> be
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb confront
2 of 4 senses of confront
Sense 1
confront, face
=> front, breast
=> take the bull by the horns
=> pit, oppose, match, play off
Sense 2
confront, face up, face
=> undertake, tackle, take on
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb confront
4 senses of confront
Sense 1
confront, face
=> meet, encounter, play, take on
Sense 2
confront, face up, face
=> set about, go about, approach
Sense 3
confront, face, present
Sense 4
confront
=> front, look, face
'Cause To' of verb confront
Derived Forms of verb confront
3 of 4 senses of confront
Sense 1
confront, face
RELATED TO>(noun) confrontation#1
=> confrontation
RELATED TO>(noun) confrontation#4
=> confrontation, opposition
Sense 3
confront, face, present
RELATED TO>(noun) confrontation#5
=> confrontation
Sense 4
confront
RELATED TO>(noun) confrontation#3
=> confrontation, encounter, showdown, face-off
RELATED TO>(noun) confrontation#4
=> confrontation, opposition
Domain of verb confront
Domain Terms of verb confront
Familiarity of verb confront
confront used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb confront
4 senses of confront
Sense 1
confront, face
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
confront, face up, face
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 3
confront, face, present
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Sense 4
confront
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb confront
3 of 4 senses of confront
Sense 1
confront, face
> meet, encounter, play, take on
=> confront, face
=> replay
Sense 2
confront, face up, face
> set about, go about, approach
=> confront, face up, face
Sense 4
confront
> front, look, face
=> confront
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb confront
Sense 2
confront, face up, face
=> set about, go about, approach
Sense 3
confront, face, present
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Sense 1
confront, face
=> meet, encounter, play, take on
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Sense 4
confront
=> front, look, face
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Grep of verb confront
confront
Grep of adj confront
confrontational
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