Confront
verb
To meet or face someone or something with brave behaviour.
She had to confront her fear of heights.
Often appears as...
- confront fear
- confront reality
verb
To deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation.
He was forced to confront the prospect of bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- confront the situation
- confront the issue
verb
To challenge or confront someone directly, especially to hold them accountable.
She confronted him about his drinking.
Often appears as...
- confront him
- confront her
verb
To meet or face someone or something with brave behaviour.
She had to confront her fear of heights.
Often appears as...
- confront fear
- confront reality
verb
To deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation.
He was forced to confront the prospect of bankruptcy.
Often appears as...
- confront the situation
- confront the issue
verb
To challenge or confront someone directly, especially to hold them accountable.
She confronted him about his drinking.
Often appears as...
- confront him
- confront her
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Brave Interaction
Used when facing something tough directly, often requiring courage or boldness.
The firefighter had to confront the blaze to save lives.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Can imply a heavy emotional burden or stress associated with the confrontation.
After years of silence, she finally confronted her past.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Challenges
Often involves personal growth when confronting internal fears or doubts.
He confronted his fear of speaking in public by giving a toast.
Pro Tip 1/3Brave Interaction
Used when facing something tough directly, often requiring courage or boldness.
The firefighter had to confront the blaze to save lives.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Can imply a heavy emotional burden or stress associated with the confrontation.
After years of silence, she finally confronted her past.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Challenges
Often involves personal growth when confronting internal fears or doubts.
He confronted his fear of speaking in public by giving a toast.
Pro Tip 1/3Brave Interaction
Used when facing something tough directly, often requiring courage or boldness.
The firefighter had to confront the blaze to save lives.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Weight
Can imply a heavy emotional burden or stress associated with the confrontation.
After years of silence, she finally confronted her past.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Challenges
Often involves personal growth when confronting internal fears or doubts.
He confronted his fear of speaking in public by giving a toast.
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Everything you think you...
it's a pretty simple premise. Get an addict, all the people in their life, gather them together, confront them with what they're doing, and they say, if you don't shape up, we're going to cut you off. So what they do is they take the connection to the addict, and they threaten it, they make it contingent on the addict behaving the way they want.
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Making waves: The power...
move passively out of your lungs and into your blood stream. We know that the world is filled with complex physical problems, but sometimes the first step towards understanding them can be simple. So when you confront the magnitude of the ocean's currents, or have to figure out how electricity works, remember not to panic.
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How to stay calm when...
and you should put systems in place. And there's perhaps no more stressful a situation than when you're confronted with a medical decision to make. And at some point, all of us are going to be in that position, where we have to make a very important decision about the future of our medical care or that of a loved one,
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
What if my roommate knew about my wonderfully ambitious hair braider, who has just started her own business selling hair extensions? Or about the millions of other Nigerians who start businesses and sometimes fail, but continue to nurse ambition? Every time I am home I am confronted
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The philosophy of...
After his release and eventual victory, Mandela stressed peace and reconciliation, believing that while the injustices of the past couldn't be changed, his people could confront them in the present and seek to build a better, more just future.
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Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
to confront a problem, which is where does the next step of the ladder people come from within your company? So you have two choices Either you bring the people from India into the developed world to take positions in the next step
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How to deal with...
you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told I was making it up and that it was a lie so it wasn't just that my reality was canceled but my perceptions of real
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Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
as it enters botswana it confronts the dry sounds of the kalahari desert and its main arteries begin to slow its rich sediments settle and form the largest inland delta in the world
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These Divers Search For...
trying to engage in this subject of slavery there are no easy conversations the work is in the attempt to to tell the truth to confront to help people reckon with this history
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The Man Who Can Control...
as he brings a swarm into our world people are forced to confront their fears they also see that with knowledge such an incredible force of nature can be
Video examples
Everything you think you...
it's a pretty simple premise. Get an addict, all the people in their life, gather them together, confront them with what they're doing, and they say, if you don't shape up, we're going to cut you off. So what they do is they take the connection to the addict, and they threaten it, they make it contingent on the addict behaving the way they want.
Video examples
Making waves: The power...
move passively out of your lungs and into your blood stream. We know that the world is filled with complex physical problems, but sometimes the first step towards understanding them can be simple. So when you confront the magnitude of the ocean's currents, or have to figure out how electricity works, remember not to panic.
Video examples
How to stay calm when...
and you should put systems in place. And there's perhaps no more stressful a situation than when you're confronted with a medical decision to make. And at some point, all of us are going to be in that position, where we have to make a very important decision about the future of our medical care or that of a loved one,
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
What if my roommate knew about my wonderfully ambitious hair braider, who has just started her own business selling hair extensions? Or about the millions of other Nigerians who start businesses and sometimes fail, but continue to nurse ambition? Every time I am home I am confronted
Video examples
The philosophy of...
After his release and eventual victory, Mandela stressed peace and reconciliation, believing that while the injustices of the past couldn't be changed, his people could confront them in the present and seek to build a better, more just future.
Video examples
Nirmalya Kumar: India's...
to confront a problem, which is where does the next step of the ladder people come from within your company? So you have two choices Either you bring the people from India into the developed world to take positions in the next step
Video examples
How to deal with...
you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told I was making it up and that it was a lie so it wasn't just that my reality was canceled but my perceptions of real
Video examples
Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
as it enters botswana it confronts the dry sounds of the kalahari desert and its main arteries begin to slow its rich sediments settle and form the largest inland delta in the world
Video examples
These Divers Search For...
trying to engage in this subject of slavery there are no easy conversations the work is in the attempt to to tell the truth to confront to help people reckon with this history
Video examples
The Man Who Can Control...
as he brings a swarm into our world people are forced to confront their fears they also see that with knowledge such an incredible force of nature can be
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Frances Hesselbein
American Businessman
It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development.
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Geri Halliwell
British Musician
I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.
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Woody Allen
American Director
Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.
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Nick Woodman
American Businessman
I decided that I want to live in a big world. And since then, any time I'm confronted with a challenging situation, I go for it.
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Brooke Elliott
American Actress
Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Japanese Soldier
When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.
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Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.
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Christopher Dodd
American Politician
As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge.
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Leo Rosten
American Novelist
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.
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Frances Hesselbein
American Businessman
It takes courage for a leader to identify and confront self-imposed barriers, to put in place the personal strategies required to unleash the energy, innovation, and commitment to self-development.
Quote examples
Geri Halliwell
British Musician
I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears.
Quote examples
Woody Allen
American Director
Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue.
Quote examples
Nick Woodman
American Businessman
I decided that I want to live in a big world. And since then, any time I'm confronted with a challenging situation, I go for it.
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Brooke Elliott
American Actress
Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Japanese Soldier
When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.
Quote examples
Johann Lamont
Scottish Politician
Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about.
Quote examples
Christopher Dodd
American Politician
As a world leader, America must be prepared to confront any challenge.
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Leo Rosten
American Novelist
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.
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Cory Booker
American Politician
My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.
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