"confront" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \kənˈfɹʌnt\, \kən.ˈfɹʌnt\, kən.ˈfɹʌnt Audio: En-us-confront.ogg Forms: to confront [infinitive], confronts [present, third-person, singular], confronted [preterite], confronted [participle, past], confronting [participle, present]
  1. Confronter.
    Sense id: fr-confront-en-verb-uB0dEJnG Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Affronter.
    Sense id: fr-confront-en-verb-1LB4OXP- Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: abut, address, face, oppose, stand up to, withstand Derived forms: confrontation, confrontational

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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      "parents": [],
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    {
      "word": "confrontation"
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      "form": "to confront",
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        "\\kənˈfɹʌnt\\"
      ],
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    },
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        "\\kənˈfɹʌnts\\"
      ],
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    },
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        "\\kənˈfɹʌn.tɪd\\"
      ],
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    },
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      "form": "confronted",
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        "\\kənˈfɹʌn.tɪd\\"
      ],
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      ],
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  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "To confront s’emploie plus souvent en employant les mots au lieu de la violence. C’est plus insolite d’employer to confront avec violence. Néanmoins, confrontation en anglais peut indiquer avec ou sans violence. Par contre, to assault et le nom assault s’emploient d’ordinaire pour indiquer la violence, bien qu’ils s’emploient figurément sans indiquer la violence."
  ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The police confronted him with the evidence.",
          "translation": "Les policiers l'ont confronté avec les preuves."
        },
        {
          "text": "He confronted the co-worker to ask him about the rumors that he was spreading.",
          "translation": "Il a interpellé son collègue à propos des rumeurs que celui-ci repandait."
        },
        {
          "text": "In his business, he confronts danger every day.",
          "translation": "Dans sa profession, il fait face au danger à tous les jours."
        }
      ],
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        "Confronter."
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He confronted the gunman and tried to stop him.",
          "translation": "Il a affronté le tireur et a essayé de l'arrêter."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Affronter."
      ],
      "id": "fr-confront-en-verb-1LB4OXP-"
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      "word": "abut"
    },
    {
      "word": "address"
    },
    {
      "word": "face"
    },
    {
      "word": "oppose"
    },
    {
      "word": "stand up to"
    },
    {
      "word": "withstand"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confront"
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    {
      "word": "confrontation"
    },
    {
      "word": "confrontational"
    }
  ],
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        "\\kənˈfɹʌnt\\"
      ],
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    },
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        "\\kənˈfɹʌnts\\"
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      ],
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      ],
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  ],
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The police confronted him with the evidence.",
          "translation": "Les policiers l'ont confronté avec les preuves."
        },
        {
          "text": "He confronted the co-worker to ask him about the rumors that he was spreading.",
          "translation": "Il a interpellé son collègue à propos des rumeurs que celui-ci repandait."
        },
        {
          "text": "In his business, he confronts danger every day.",
          "translation": "Dans sa profession, il fait face au danger à tous les jours."
        }
      ],
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        "Confronter."
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      "word": "abut"
    },
    {
      "word": "address"
    },
    {
      "word": "face"
    },
    {
      "word": "oppose"
    },
    {
      "word": "stand up to"
    },
    {
      "word": "withstand"
    }
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