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{
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"word": "confront one's demons"
},
{
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"word": "confrontable"
},
{
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"word": "confrontation"
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{
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"word": "confrontational"
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{
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"word": "confronter"
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{
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"word": "confrontment"
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{
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"3": "confronter"
},
"expansion": "Middle French confronter",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "ML.",
"3": "confronto",
"4": "cōnfrontāre"
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "con-"
},
"expansion": "con-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "frons",
"3": "frontem",
"t": "front, forehead"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "confronts",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "confronting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "confronted",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
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"expansion": "confront (third-person singular simple present confronts, present participle confronting, simple past and past participle confronted)",
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}
],
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"con‧front"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"topics": [
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"nobility",
"monarchy",
"politics",
"government",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "confronté"
}
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with"
],
"id": "en-confront-en-verb-RqD0587i",
"links": [
[
"facing",
"face"
],
[
"competition",
"competition"
],
[
"hostility",
"hostility"
],
[
"defiance",
"defiance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "oppose"
},
{
"word": "challenge"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfronteer"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "atubang"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "protivostoja",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "противостоя"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpravjam se pred",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "изправям се пред"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfronti"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "alfronti"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "confronter"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "entgegentreten"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"note": "ἐπέρχομαι (epérkhomai) (ἐπὶ + dat.)",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'amét",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "הִתְעַמֵּת"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfrontar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "affrontare"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṫuek",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "ᦎᦹᧅ"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "whakapātari"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "tuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "whakahorohoro"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "whakatuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "afrontar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "confrontar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivostojátʹ",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "противостоя́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pà-chəən-nâa",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "เผชิญหน้า"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "สู้หน้า"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "tr",
"english": "cope with",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "yüzleşmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "71 2 1 8 2 6 10",
"code": "tr",
"english": "withstand",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "göğüs germek"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "confront a problem",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To deal with."
],
"id": "en-confront-en-verb-~eM3M6bO",
"links": [
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"deal with",
"deal with"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To deal with."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "imam rabota s",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "имам работа с"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "alfronti"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "sich einer Sache f stellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "sich mit etwas auseinandersetzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "sich mit einem Problem befassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "affrontare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"alt": "с",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to deal with",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "име́ть де́ло"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 87 2 2 4 1 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "konfrontera"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "We should confront him about the missing money.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring someone face to face with something."
],
"id": "en-confront-en-verb-kZK9mUtV",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring someone face to face with something."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "15 3 76 1 2 2 1",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 3 76 1 2 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 3 76 1 2 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 3 76 1 2 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 3 76 1 2 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "confrontarsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 3 76 1 2 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 3 76 1 2 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "yüzleştirmek"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To come up against; to encounter."
],
"id": "en-confront-en-verb-5VHLHJOZ",
"links": [
[
"encounter",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To come up against; to encounter."
],
"tags": [
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"translations": [
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"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "kundërvihem (i)"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stoja sreštu",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "стоя срещу"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "begegnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "sfidare"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stálkivatʹsja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́лкиваться"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stolknútʹsja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "столкну́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "karşı koymak"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stykátysja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стика́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "12 1 1 79 2 3 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zitknútysja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зіткну́тися"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To engage in confrontation."
],
"id": "en-confront-en-verb-w48a-6fV",
"links": [
[
"engage",
"engage"
],
[
"confrontation",
"confrontation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To engage in confrontation."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "përballoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "gegenübertreten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'amét",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "התעמת"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "whakatumatuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 9 2 7 74 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "konfrontera"
}
]
},
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],
"glosses": [
"To set a thing side by side with; to compare."
],
"id": "en-confront-en-verb-uSc~LgpM",
"links": [
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"compare",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "5 1 1 5 1 80 6",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 1 5 1 80 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎpostavjam",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "съпоставям"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 1 5 1 80 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "tegenover stellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 1 5 1 80 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "vergelijken"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 1 5 1 80 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "gegenüberstellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 1 5 1 80 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "nebeneinanderhalten"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 1 1 5 1 80 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "confrontare"
}
]
},
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],
"glosses": [
"To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to."
],
"id": "en-confront-en-verb-i1iV5ZEN",
"links": [
[
"contrast",
"contrast"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎpostavjam",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "съпоставям"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "tegenover stellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "einander gegenüberstellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sopostavljátʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сопоставля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sopostávitʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сопоста́вить"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivopostavljátʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "противопоставля́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 2 1 4 1 7 77",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivopostávitʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "противопоста́вить"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kənˈfɹʌnt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌnt"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɒnˈfɹɒnt/",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
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{
"word": "confront one's demons"
},
{
"word": "confrontable"
},
{
"word": "confrontation"
},
{
"word": "confrontational"
},
{
"word": "confronter"
},
{
"word": "confrontment"
}
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{
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"3": "confronto",
"4": "cōnfrontāre"
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{
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"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"topics": [
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"hobbies",
"nobility",
"monarchy",
"politics",
"government",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "confronté"
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{
"text": "It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with"
],
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"facing",
"face"
],
[
"competition",
"competition"
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[
"hostility",
"hostility"
],
[
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"defiance"
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "oppose"
},
{
"word": "challenge"
}
],
"tags": [
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{
"categories": [
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"English transitive verbs"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "confront a problem",
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"glosses": [
"To deal with."
],
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"deal with",
"deal with"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To deal with."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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{
"categories": [
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"English transitive verbs"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "We should confront him about the missing money.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To bring someone face to face with something."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To bring someone face to face with something."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To come up against; to encounter."
],
"links": [
[
"encounter",
"encounter"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To come up against; to encounter."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To engage in confrontation."
],
"links": [
[
"engage",
"engage"
],
[
"confrontation",
"confrontation"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To engage in confrontation."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
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"glosses": [
"To set a thing side by side with; to compare."
],
"links": [
[
"compare",
"compare"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"glosses": [
"To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to."
],
"links": [
[
"contrast",
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kənˈfɹʌnt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌnt"
},
{
"ipa": "/kɒnˈfɹɒnt/",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
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"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfronteer"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "atubang"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "protivostoja",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "противостоя"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpravjam se pred",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "изправям се пред"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfronti"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "alfronti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "confronter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "entgegentreten"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"note": "ἐπέρχομαι (epérkhomai) (ἐπὶ + dat.)",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'amét",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "הִתְעַמֵּת"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "konfrontar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "affrontare"
},
{
"code": "khb",
"lang": "Lü",
"roman": "ṫuek",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "ᦎᦹᧅ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "whakapātari"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "tuma"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "whakahorohoro"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "whakatuma"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "afrontar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "confrontar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivostojátʹ",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "противостоя́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pà-chəən-nâa",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "เผชิญหน้า"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "สู้หน้า"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "cope with",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"word": "yüzleşmek"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "withstand",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "göğüs germek"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "imam rabota s",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "имам работа с"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "alfronti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "sich einer Sache f stellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "sich mit etwas auseinandersetzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "sich mit einem Problem befassen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "affrontare"
},
{
"alt": "с",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "to deal with",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "име́ть де́ло"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to deal with",
"word": "konfrontera"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "confrontarsi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to bring someone face to face with something",
"word": "yüzleştirmek"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "kundërvihem (i)"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "stoja sreštu",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "стоя срещу"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "kohdata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "begegnen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "sfidare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stálkivatʹsja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ста́лкиваться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "stolknútʹsja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "столкну́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"word": "karşı koymak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "stykátysja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "стика́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zitknútysja",
"sense": "to come up against; to encounter",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "зіткну́тися"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "përballoj"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "confronteren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "konfrontieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "gegenübertreten"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hit'amét",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "התעמת"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "whakatumatuma"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "enfrentar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to engage in confrontation",
"word": "konfrontera"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎpostavjam",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "съпоставям"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "tegenover stellen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "vergelijken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "gegenüberstellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "nebeneinanderhalten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to set a thing side by side with; to compare",
"word": "confrontare"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "ballafaqoj"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎpostavjam",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "съпоставям"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "tegenover stellen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"word": "einander gegenüberstellen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sopostavljátʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "сопоставля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sopostávitʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сопоста́вить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivopostavljátʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "противопоставля́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "protivopostávitʹ",
"sense": "to put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "противопоста́вить"
}
],
"word": "confront"
}
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.