English-Thai Dictionary

confront

VT เผชิญหน้า  face stand up to pa-choen-na

 

confront with

PHRV เผชิญ กับ  พบ กับ  pa-choen-kab

 

confrontal

N การ เผชิญหน้า  confrontation kan-pa-choen-na

 

confrontation

N การ เผชิญหน้า  confrontal kan-pa-choen-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFRONT

v.t.[L.] 1. To stand face to face in full view; to face; to stand in front.
He spoke and then confronts the bull.
2. To stand in direct opposition; to oppose.
The East and West churches did both confront the Jews, and concur with them.
3. To set face to face; to bring into the presence of; as a accused person and a witness, in court, for examination and discovery of the truth; followed by with.
The witnesses are confronted with the accused, the accused with one another, or the witnesses with one another.
4. To set together for comparison; to compare one thing with another.
When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands.

 

CONFRONTATION

n.The act of bringing two persons into the presence of each other for examination and discovery of truth.

 

CONFRONTED

pp. Set face to face, or in opposition; brought into the presence of.

 

CONFRONTING

ppr. Setting or standing face to face, or in opposition, or in presence of.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFRONT

Con *front ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr. & vb. n.Confronting. ] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front. ]

 

1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

 

We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. Shak.

 

He spoke and then confronts the bull. Dryden.

 

Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. Hawthorne.

 

It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. Macaulay.

 

2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.

 

3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare.

 

When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. Addison.

 

CONFRONTATION

CONFRONTATION Con `fron *ta "tion, n. [LL. confrontatio.]

 

Defn: Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.

 

CONFRONTE

CONFRONTE Con `fron `té ", a. [F., p. p. confronter. ] (Her. )

 

Defn: Same as Affronté.

 

CONFRONTER

CONFRONTER Con *front "er, n.

 

Defn: One who confronts.

 

A confronter in authority. Speed.

 

CONFRONTING

CONFRONTING confronting n.

 

Defn: dealing with (a person or problem ) directly; taking the bull by the horns. Syn. -- braving, coping with, grappling, tackling. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

 

CONFRONTMENT

CONFRONTMENT Con *front "ment, n.

 

Defn: The act of confronting; the state of being face to face.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

confront

con front |kənˈfrənt kənˈfrənt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] meet (someone ) face to face with hostile or argumentative intent: 300 policemen confronted an equal number of union supporters. • face up to and deal with (a problem or difficult situation ): we knew we couldn't ignore the race issue and decided we'd confront it head on. • compel (someone ) to face or consider something, esp. by way of accusation: Tricia confronted him with her suspicions. • (of a problem, difficulty, etc. ) present itself to (someone ) so that dealing with it cannot be avoided: post-czarist Russia was confronted with a Ukrainian national movement. • (usu. be confronted ) appear or be placed in front of (someone ) so as to unsettle or threaten: we were confronted with pictures of moving skeletons. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French confronter, from medieval Latin confrontare, from Latin con- ‘with ’ + frons, front- ‘face. ’

 

confrontation

con fron ta tion |ˌkänfrənˈtāSHən ˌkɑːnfrənˈteɪʃn | ▶noun a hostile or argumentative meeting or situation between opposing parties: a confrontation with the legislature | four months of violent confrontation between government and opposition forces.

 

confrontational

con fron ta tion al |känfrənˈtāSHənl ˌkɑnfrənˈteɪʃənl | ▶adjective tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative: he distanced himself from the confrontational approach adopted by his predecessor. DERIVATIVES confrontationally adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

confront

con |front |kənˈfrʌnt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] come face to face with (someone ) with hostile or argumentative intent: 300 policemen confronted an equal number of union supporters. • (of a problem or difficulty ) present itself to (someone ) so that action must be taken: the new government was confronted with many profound difficulties. • face up to and deal with (a problem or difficulty ): we knew we couldn't ignore the race issue and decided we'd confront it head on. • compel (someone ) to face or consider something, especially by way of accusation: Merrill confronted him with her suspicions. • appear or be placed in front of (someone ) so as to unsettle or threaten them: we were confronted with pictures of moving skeletons. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French confronter, from medieval Latin confrontare, from Latin con- ‘with ’ + frons, front- ‘face ’.

 

confrontation

con |fron |ta ¦tion |ˌkɒnfrʌnˈteɪʃn | ▶noun a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties: a confrontation with the legislature | [ mass noun ] : four months of violent confrontation between government and opposition forces. • a situation where two players or sides compete to win a sporting contest: the race promised a classic confrontation between the two top runners in the world.

 

confrontational

confrontational ▶adjective tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative: he distanced himself from the confrontational approach adopted by his predecessor. DERIVATIVES confrontationally adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

confront

confront verb 1 Jones confronted the intruder: challenge, face (up to ), come face to face with, meet, accost; stand up to, brave; tackle; informal collar. ANTONYMS avoid. 2 the problems that confront us: trouble, bother, burden, distress, worry, oppress, annoy, strain, stress, tax, torment, plague, blight, curse; face, beset. 3 they must confront their problems: tackle, address, face, come to grips with, grapple with, take on, attend to, see to, deal with, take care of, handle, manage. ANTONYMS avoid. 4 she confronted him with the evidence: present, face.

 

confrontation

confrontation noun I've been trying to avoid a confrontation with his new girlfriend: conflict, clash, fight, battle, encounter, faceoff, engagement, skirmish; hostilities, fighting; informal set-to, run-in, dust-up, showdown.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

confront

confront verb 1 Jones confronted the alleged burglar: challenge, square up to, oppose, resist, defy, beard, tackle, attack, assault; approach, face up to, face, meet, come face to face with, stand up to, brave, detain, accost, waylay, take aside, stop, halt; informal collar; Brit. informal nobble. ANTONYMS avoid. 2 the real problems that confront ordinary citizens: trouble, bother, be in someone's way, burden, distress, cause trouble to, cause suffering to, face, beset, harass, worry, oppress, annoy, vex, irritate, exasperate, strain, stress, tax; torment, plague, blight, bedevil, rack, smite, curse, harrow; rare discommode. 3 they've got to learn to confront their own problems: tackle, get to grips with, apply oneself to, address oneself to, address, face, set about, go about, get to work at, busy oneself with, set one's hand to, grapple with, approach, take on, attend to, see to, throw oneself into, try to solve, try to deal with, try to cope with, learn to live with, try to sort out; deal with, take measures about, take care of, pursue, handle, manage; informal have a crack at, have a go at, have a shot at, get stuck into. ANTONYMS avoid. 4 she confronted him with the evidence she had unearthed: present, bring face to face, face. ANTONYMS spare.

 

confrontation

confrontation noun a peaceful protest turned into a violent confrontation with police: conflict, clash, brush, fight, battle, contest, encounter, head-to-head, face-off, engagement, tangle, skirmish, collision, meeting, duel, incident, high noon; hostilities, fighting, warring; informal set-to, run-in, dust-up, shindig, shindy, showdown; archaic rencounter.

 

French Dictionary

confrontation

confrontation n. f. nom féminin Action de mettre en présence des personnes pour comparer leurs témoignages. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom affrontement, opposition violente de deux ou plusieurs adversaires.

 

confronter

confronter v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif Comparer. : Confronter une écriture à une autre, avec une autre. Confronter deux témoins. Faire face, se comparer à quelqu ’un, à quelque chose. : Ils se sont confrontés aux contestataires. Note Syntaxique À la forme pronominale, le verbe se construit avec les prépositions à, avec. Nous nous sommes confrontés à la direction, avec le conseil d ’administration. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Elles s ’étaient confrontées à la puissante hiérarchie du parti. FORMES FAUTIVES confronter (quelqu ’un, quelque chose ). Construction fautive au sens de se poser, se présenter. : Les problèmes qui se posent pour nous (et non qui *nous confrontent ). confronter (une difficulté, un problème ). Impropriété pour affronter une difficulté, éprouver un problème, faire face à une difficulté, buter sur une difficulté, être arrêté par une difficulté, se heurter à une difficulté. : Nous affrontons une difficulté, nous éprouvons un problème (et non *la difficulté, le problème qui nous confronte ). être confronté à (un danger, une difficulté ). Construction critiquée par certains auteurs au sens de devoir affronter, devoir faire face à, être aux prises avec, se heurter à. Note Syntaxique Cette construction, admise dans de nombreux ouvrages, est couramment utilisée; cependant, il est préférable d ’éviter son emploi dans un texte de style soutenu. se confronter à (une difficulté, un problème ). Construction fautive pour devoir affronter, devoir faire face à (une difficulté, un problème ). aimer

 

Spanish Dictionary

confrontación

confrontación nombre femenino 1 Acción de confrontar o confrontarse :la muestra, que pretende ser una confrontación desnuda y solidaria de los artistas plásticos, estará en la capital un mes y viajará después a cada una de las provincias; la confrontación más dramática entre estos dos países se produjo en enero .2 Simpatía, conformidad natural entre personas o cosas .

 

confrontar

confrontar verbo transitivo 1 Poner a una persona o una cosa, material o inmaterial, frente a otra para compararlas u oponerlas entre sí :confrontar dos testigos; confrontar a un testigo con el reo; en el debate se confrontan opiniones distintas, incluso contrarias, sobre un problema, para analizarlo y acercarse a él ;las líneas paralelas están siempre a la misma distancia y solo se juntan o se confrontan con el infinito .2 verbo transitivo /verbo pronominal Mantenerse en actitud de oposición ante un problema, situación difícil u obligación sin eludirlos, asumiendo el esfuerzo que suponen y luchando y actuando de acuerdo con sus exigencias :este repaso está destinado a presentar los antecedentes de las situaciones problemáticas que confronta ahora nuestra generación; en su obra más relevante se confrontaba con las ideas maimonistas y aristotélicas .SINÓNIMO afrontar, enfrentarse .3 confrontarse verbo pronominal Oponerse, competir o enemistarse [una persona ] con otra :se confrontaban al final de mes cuando se liquidaba la cuenta .SINÓNIMO afrontar, enfrentarse .ETIMOLOGÍA Derivado de frente (V.).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

confront

con front /kənfrʌ́nt /〖con (共に )front (額を突き合わせる )〗(名 )confrontation 動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈物 事が 〉〈人 〉の前に立ちはだかる ; 〖be confronted with A /by A 〗〈人が 〉A 〈問題 困難 危険など 〉に直面する ▸ be confronted with a great issue 大きな問題にぶつかる ▸ Many obstacles confronted him .多くの障害が彼の前に立ちはだかった 2 〈人が 〉〈人 〉と対決 [対抗 ]する ; (敢然と )〈問題 困難など 〉に立ち向かう, 向き合う ▸ confront danger [the enemy ]危険に立ち向かう [敵と相対する ]3 【事実 証拠などを 】〈人 〉に突きつける «with » (!しばしば受け身で ) ; «…に関して » 〈人 〉を訴える «about » ; 【人と 】〈人 〉を対決 [対面 ]させる «with » ▸ She was confronted with definite evidence against her .彼女は自分に不利なはっきりとした証拠を突きつけられた .4 (検討 比較のため ) «…と » …をつき合わせる «with » .

 

confrontation

con fron ta tion /kɑ̀nfrʌntéɪʃ (ə )n |kɔ̀n -/→confront 名詞 複 ～s /-z /U 〖具体例ではa (…) ～/～s 〗 «…との /…の間での » 対立 , 論争 , 紛争 , 衝突 , 戦争 ; 直面 «with /between » ▸ I want to avoid confrontation with him .私は彼との対立は避けたい ▸ armed confrontation between members of a cult group カルト集団のメンバーの間での武力衝突

 

confrontational

c ò n fron t á tion al 形容詞 ｟非難して ｠対決的な, 衝突を招くような, 対立姿勢の .