<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another.</li><li>to present for acknowledgment, contradiction, etc.; set face to face: They confronted him with evidence of his crime.</li><li>to face and deal with boldly or directly: The city refuses to confront the real reason for the housing shortage.</li><li>to stand or come in front of; stand or meet facing: The two long-separated brothers confronted each other speechlessly.</li><li>to be in one's way: the numerous obstacles that still confronted him.</li><li>to bring together for examination or comparison.</li></ul>