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confronte

confronte is the obsolete form of confront.

Meaning of confront

Verb

confront (third-person singular simple present confronts, present participle confronting, simple past and past participle confronted)

  1. (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
    • It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
    Synonyms:
    oppose, challenge
  2. (transitive) To deal with.
    • confront a problem
    Synonyms:
    tackle
  3. (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
    • We should confront him about the missing money.
  4. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
    • Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
  5. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
  6. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.

See all 7 meanings of confront

Forms of confronte

third-person singular presentconfrontes
present participleconfronting
past participleconfronted
pastconfronted

Questions about confronte

What is confronte the obsolete form of?
Confronte is the obsolete form of confront.

Words near confronte in the dictionary

  1. confrontationism
  2. confrontationist
  3. confrontationists
  4. confrontations
  5. confrontative
  6. confronte
  7. confronted
  8. confronted one's demons
  9. confronter
  10. confronters
  11. confrontes

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