confront

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  2. verb deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  3. verb present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

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