confront

«confront» in Mova's school dictionary: to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (confront, confronts, confronted, confronting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To confront someone is to face them, often to argue or talk about a problem. tree →

2) To confront a problem or danger is to deal with it instead of avoiding it. tree →

3) If a problem confronts you, you have to face it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you might confront a friend who took your things, or confront your fear of the dark. In stories, the hero finally confronts the villain. In safety, never confront a dangerous person or animal — get away and tell an adult. Phrases: confront someone about, confront a fear, be confronted with.

examples

• She confronted her brother about the missing chocolate. tree →
• The knight confronted the dragon. tree →
• You have to confront your fears to beat them. tree →
• We were confronted with a huge pile of homework. tree →
• The teacher confronted the problem of bullying. tree →
• Don't confront a burglar — call the police. tree →

note

Regular verb. The noun is «confrontation» (an angry face-to-face argument). «Confront» is stronger than «talk to» and often suggests anger or courage.

In the corpora

• When he turned and confronted it, the thing had vanished.»
• The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.
• They confronted me in the day of my calamity; but the LORD was a stay unto me.
• Arise, O LORD, confront him, cast him down; deliver my soul from the wicked, by Thy sword;
• The cords of Sheol surrounded me; the snares of Death confronted me.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «confront» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.