Past tense of confront
regular verb
The past tense of confront is confronted. The past participle is also confronted.
Forms of confront
| Base form (V1) | confront /kənˈfɹʌnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | confronted /kənˈfɹʌntɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | confronted /kənˈfɹʌntɪd/ |
| Present participle | confronting |
| Third person singular | confronts |
Confronted in a sentence
- When we confronted her, she gave us a hasty, incoherent explanation.From the entry incoherent
- When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek.From the entry bluster
- Confronted now with a growing list of unhelpful textual clues, Mr. Pereida seeks to shift ground.From the entry shift ground
- He was confronted by two knights in full plate.From the entry plate
- The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegations on the front page of a newspaper.From the entry stun
Meaning of confront
- verb To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
- verb To deal with.
- verb To bring someone face to face with something.
Questions about the past tense of confront
- What is the past tense of confront?
- The past tense of confront is confronted.
- What is the past participle of confront?
- The past participle of confront is confronted.
- Is confront a regular or irregular verb?
- Confront is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confront (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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