English-Thai Dictionary

confrontation

N การ เผชิญหน้า  confrontal kan-pa-choen-na

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFRONTATION

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

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFRONTATION

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

 

Defn: Act of confronting. H. Swinburne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

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

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

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

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.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

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 .