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  1. (transitive) To stand or meet face, facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
  2. (transitive) To deal with.
  3. (transitive) To something bring face to face with.
  4. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
  5. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
  6. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
  7. (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.
Etymology: From French confronter, from medieval Latin confrontare, from con- + frons "forehead", "front"

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