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Definition

to deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person

or:

to challenge someone — often by presenting evidence

You must confront your problems.

confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation

You must confront your opponent.

confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation

We confronted him with the evidence.
But he did not confront his parents with what he knew, then or ever. He chose instead to make a secret of his dark knowledge and express his rage obliquely, in silence and sullen withdrawal.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation

Or if you want to confront Jack about it, fine.
R.J. Palacio -- Wonder

confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation or person

HATHORNE, with a gleam of victory: And yet, when people accused of witchery confronted you in court, you would faint, saying their spirits came out of their bodies and choked you—
Arthur Miller -- The Crucible

confronted = challenged

Confronted by a situation which they had never faced before, and having no memories from which to find either solace or wisdom, they would not know what to do and would seek his advice.
Lois Lowry -- The Giver

confronted = challenged

Mr. Ewell backed up into the witness chair, settled himself, and regarded Atticus with haughty suspicion, an expression common to Maycomb County witnesses when confronted by opposing counsel.
Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird

confronted = faced or challenged

He also ached for a chance to confront Janza.
Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War

confront = challenge

No one in my family or my circle of friends had ever had to confront something like this.
Nicholas Sparks -- A Walk to Remember

confront = face (deal with an unpleasant situation)

It's high time we leave Ellesmera and confront our fate, whatever it may be.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest

confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation

He had ignored her until this moment of confrontation.
Robert Cormier -- After the First Death

confrontation = an argument or a hostile situation

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

While my original plan called for me to confront you right then and there, I jumped to the side—out of the doorway.
Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why

confront = to challenge someone or deal directly with an unpleasant situation with them

She shut her eyes tiredly, suddenly unwilling to confront her warring emotions.
Nicholas Sparks -- Message in a Bottle

confront = deal directly with a difficult situation

He wait until I confront them on it ... then he wanna come crying seniority.
August Wilson -- Fences

confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation

Mildred backed away as if she were suddenly confronted by a pack of mice that had come up out of the floor.
Ray Bradbury -- Fahrenheit 451

confronted = faced or challenged

I'm going to her house, to confront her on why she ditched me.
Simone Elkeles -- Perfect Chemistry

confront = deal directly with an unpleasant situation

Did you confront your father?
Robert Cormier -- I Am the Cheese

confront = to deal directly with (regarding an unpleasant situation)

People don't like being confronted with things they don't understand, I guess.
John Corey Whaley -- Nogin

confronted = deal directly with an unpleasant situation with someone

flight as escape or confrontation; mercy the unspoken wish of the novel's population.
Toni Morrison -- Song of Solomon

confrontation = challenge

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