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  • confront — con·front /kən frənt/ vt: to face or bring face to face for the purpose of challenging esp. through cross examination the accused shall enjoy the right...to be confront ed with the witnesses against him U.S. Constitution amend. VI… …   Law dictionary

  • confront — ► VERB 1) meet face to face in hostility or defiance. 2) (of a problem) present itself to. 3) face up to and deal with (a problem). 4) compel to face or consider something. DERIVATIVES confrontation noun confrontational adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • problem — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sth that causes difficulties ADJECTIVE ▪ acute, big, enormous, grave, great, huge, important, major, serious, significant …   Collocations dictionary

  • confront — verb ADVERB ▪ directly, head on, squarely ▪ The new state confronted head on the question of national identity. ▪ He is willing to confront problems directly. ▪ aggressively …   Collocations dictionary

  • confront — [[t]kənfrʌ̱nt[/t]] ♦♦♦ confronts, confronting, confronted 1) VERB If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it. [be V ed with/by n] She was confronted with severe money problems... [V n] Ministers… …   English dictionary

  • confront */*/ — UK [kənˈfrʌnt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms confront : present tense I/you/we/they confront he/she/it confronts present participle confronting past tense confronted past participle confronted 1) [often passive] to go close to someone in a… …   English dictionary

  • confront — con|front [kənˈfrʌnt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: confronter to have a border with, confront , from Medieval Latin, from Latin com ( COM ) + frons ( FRONT1)] 1.) if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Problem play — The problem play is a form of drama that emerged during the 19th century as part of the wider movement of realism in the arts. It deals with contentious social issues through debates between the characters on stage, who typically represent… …   Wikipedia

  • confront — con|front [ kən frʌnt ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to deal with a difficult situation: It takes courage to confront your fears. We need to confront these problems before it s too late. a ) if a problem or difficult situation confronts you, you have… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • confront — verb 1》 stand or meet face to face with hostile intent. 2》 (of a problem) present itself to (someone).     ↘face up to and deal with (a problem).     ↘compel (someone) to face or consider something. Derivatives confrontation noun confrontational… …   English new terms dictionary

  • confront — 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… …   Useful english dictionary

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