"confrontation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkɒn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/ [US], /ˌkɔn.fɹənˈtæɪ.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-uk-confrontation.ogg Forms: confrontations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French. Morphologically confront + -ation Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{suffix|en|confront|ation|nocat=1}} confront + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} confrontation (countable and uncountable, plural confrontations)
  1. The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face to face. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: confrontal Translations (the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face): ballafaqim [masculine] (Albanian), مُوَاجَهَة (muwājaha) [feminine] (Arabic), مُجَابَهَة (mujābaha) [feminine] (Arabic), канфранта́цыя (kanfrantácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), супрацьстая́нне (supracʹstajánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), противопоста́вяне (protivopostávjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), confrontació [feminine] (Catalan), confrontament [masculine] (Catalan), enfrontament [masculine] (Catalan), afrontament [masculine] (Catalan), بەرەنگار (berengar) (Central Kurdish), 對峙 (Chinese Mandarin), 对峙 (duìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 對質 (Chinese Mandarin), 对质 (duìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), konfrontace [feminine] (Czech), konfrontation [common-gender] (Danish), confrontatie [feminine] (Dutch), konfrontatsioon (Estonian), vastasseis (Estonian), yhteenotto (Finnish), vaatiminen (Finnish), konfrontaatio (Finnish), confrontation [feminine] (French), Konfrontation [feminine] (German), Gegenüberstellung [feminine] (German), עִמּוּת \ עימות ('imut) [feminine] (Hebrew), मुक़ाबला (muqāblā) [masculine] (Hindi), आमना-सामना (āmnā-sāmnā) [masculine] (Hindi), szembesítés (Hungarian), konfrontáció (Hungarian), رویارویی (ruyâruyi) (Iranian Persian), مُواجَهِه (movâjahe) (Iranian Persian), مُقابِلِه (moğâbele) (Iranian Persian), تَقابُل (tağâbol) (Iranian Persian), confronto [masculine] (Italian), 対決 (taiketsu) (alt: たいけつ) (Japanese), 対立 (tairitsu) (alt: たいりつ) (Japanese), 直面 (chokumen) (alt: ちょくめん) (Japanese), 대결 (daegyeol) (alt: 對決) (Korean), 대치 (daechi) (alt: 對峙) (Korean), 대립 (daerip) (alt: 對立) (Korean), konfrontācija [feminine] (Latvian), konfrontacija [feminine] (Lithuanian), конфронта́ција (konfrontácija) [feminine] (Macedonian), спротивставу́вање (sprotivstavúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), rûbirûbûn (Northern Kurdish), tûşîbûn (Northern Kurdish), konfrontasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), konfrontasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), konfrontacja [feminine] (Polish), confronto [masculine] (Portuguese), briga [feminine] (Portuguese), confruntare [feminine] (Romanian), конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) [feminine] (Russian), противостоя́ние (protivostojánije) [neuter] (Russian), противобо́рство (protivobórstvo) [neuter] (Russian), конфронта́ција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), konfrontácija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), konfrontácia [feminine] (Slovak), soočenje [neuter] (Slovene), confrontación [feminine] (Spanish), enfrentamiento [masculine] (Spanish), careo (english: (law)) [masculine] (Spanish), konfrontation [common-gender] (Swedish), тақобул (taqobul) (Tajik), конфронтатсия (konfrontatsiya) (Tajik), конфронта́ція (konfrontácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), протистоя́ння (protystojánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), مُقابْلَہ (muqābla) [masculine] (Urdu), آمْنا سامْنا (āmnā sāmnā) [masculine] (Urdu)
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  2. A conflict between armed forces. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a conflict between armed forces): kundërvënie [feminine] (Albanian), канфранта́цыя (kanfrantácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), супрацьстая́нне (supracʹstajánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), сутыкне́нне (sutyknjénnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), суты́чка (sutýčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), би́тка (bítka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), стълкнове́ние (stǎlknovénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), بەرەنگاربوونەوە (berengarbûnewe) (Central Kurdish), 衝突 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲突 (chōngtū, chōngtú) (Chinese Mandarin), confrontatie [feminine] (Dutch), yhteenotto (Finnish), confrontation [feminine] (French), Konfrontation [feminine] (German), Auseinandersetzung [feminine] (German), scontro [masculine] (Italian), 衝突 (shōtotsu) (alt: しょうとつ) (Japanese), 충돌 (chungdol) (alt: 衝突) (Korean), су́дир (súdir) [masculine] (Macedonian), спротивставу́вање (sprotivstavúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), пре́сметка (présmetka) [feminine] (Macedonian), şer (Northern Kurdish), pevçûn (Northern Kurdish), confronto [masculine] (Portuguese), конфронта́ция (konfrontácija) [feminine] (Russian), противостоя́ние (protivostojánije) [neuter] (Russian), столкнове́ние (stolknovénije) [neuter] (Russian), сты́чка (stýčka) [feminine] (Russian), конфронта́ція (konfrontácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), протистоя́ння (protystojánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), су́тичка (sútyčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), зі́ткнення (zítknennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoconfrontation, carefrontation, confrontational, confrontationism, confrontationist, nonconfrontation, reconfrontation, self-confrontation Related terms: confront

Inflected forms

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          "word": "супрацьстая́нне"
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          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "конфронта́ция"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "protivopostávjane",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "противопоста́вяне"
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          "word": "confrontació"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "對峙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duìzhì",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "对峙"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "對質"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duìzhì",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "对质"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
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          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "confrontatie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "konfrontatsioon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "vastasseis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "yhteenotto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "vaatiminen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "konfrontaatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "confrontation"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Konfrontation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gegenüberstellung"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'imut",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "עִמּוּת \\ עימות"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "muqāblā",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "मुक़ाबला"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "āmnā-sāmnā",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "आमना-सामना"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "szembesítés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "konfrontáció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "confronto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "たいけつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "taiketsu",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "対決"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "たいりつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tairitsu",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "対立"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "ちょくめん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chokumen",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "直面"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "對決",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daegyeol",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "대결"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "對峙",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daechi",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "대치"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "對立",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "daerip",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "대립"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "berengar",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "بەرەنگار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "rûbirûbûn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "word": "tûşîbûn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "konfrontācija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "konfrontacija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "konfrontácija",
          "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "конфронта́ција"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "careo"
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    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "konfrontatsiya",
      "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
      "word": "конфронтатсия"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "konfrontácija",
      "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конфронта́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "protystojánnja",
      "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "протистоя́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "muqābla",
      "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُقابْلَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "āmnā sāmnā",
      "sense": "the act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "آمْنا سامْنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kundërvënie"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "kanfrantácyja",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "канфранта́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "supracʹstajánnje",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "супрацьстая́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sutyknjénnje",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "сутыкне́нне"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sutýčka",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "суты́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "konfrontácija",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конфронта́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bítka",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "би́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stǎlknovénie",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стълкнове́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "衝突"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chōngtū, chōngtú",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "冲突"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confrontatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "yhteenotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "confrontation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Konfrontation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Auseinandersetzung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scontro"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しょうとつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shōtotsu",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "衝突"
    },
    {
      "alt": "衝突",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chungdol",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "충돌"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "berengarbûnewe",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "بەرەنگاربوونەوە"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "şer"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "word": "pevçûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "súdir",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "су́дир"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sprotivstavúvanje",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "спротивставу́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "présmetka",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пре́сметка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "confronto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konfrontácija",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конфронта́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "protivostojánije",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "противостоя́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stolknovénije",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "столкнове́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stýčka",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сты́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "konfrontácija",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "конфронта́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "protystojánnja",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "протистоя́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sútyčka",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "су́тичка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zítknennja",
      "sense": "a conflict between armed forces",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "зі́ткнення"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confrontation"
}

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