confront

confront
transitive verb
1) gegenüberstellen; konfrontieren

confront somebody with something/somebody — jemanden mit etwas/[mit] jemandem konfrontieren

2) (stand facing) gegenüberstehen (+ Dat.)
3) (face in defiance) ins Auge sehen (+ Dat.)
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verb
1) (to bring face to face with: He was confronted with the evidence of his crime.) konfrontieren
2) (to face in a hostile manner; to oppose: They confronted the enemy at dawn.) sich gegenüberstehen
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con·front
[kənˈfrʌnt]
vt
1. (face)
to \confront sth etw dat begegnen
to \confront a danger einer Gefahr ins Auge sehen
to \confront a difficulty/issue/problem sich akk einer Schwierigkeit/einem Problem stellen
to \confront an enemy einem Feind entgegentreten
2. usu passive (compel to deal with) jdn mit jdm/etw konfrontieren
to be \confronted with [or by] sth mit etw dat konfrontiert werden
when I was \confronted by the TV camera, ... als ich der Fernsehkamera gegenüberstand, ...
as she left the court, she was \confronted by an angry crowd als sie das Gericht verließ, traf sie auf eine wütende Menschenmenge
to be \confronted with an accusation sich akk einer Anschuldigung stellen müssen
to be \confronted with a problem vor ein Problem gestellt werden
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[kən'frʌnt]
vt
1) (= face) danger, enemy, the boss gegenübertreten (+dat); (fig) problems, issue also begegnen (+dat); (= stand or be confronting) wall of ice etc gegenüberstehen (+dat); (problems, decisions) sich stellen (+dat)
2) (= bring face to face with) konfrontieren

to confront sb with sb/sth — jdn jdm gegenüberstellen, jdn mit jdm/etw konfrontieren

to be confronted with sth — mit etw konfrontiert sein, vor etw (dat) stehen

(when) confronted with — angesichts (+gen)

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confront [kənˈfrʌnt] v/t
1. (oft feindlich) gegenübertreten, -stehen (dat):
be confronted with Schwierigkeiten etc gegenüberstehen, sich gegenüberstehen (dat)
2. mutig begegnen, sich stellen (dat)
3. auch JUR konfrontieren (with mit):
confront sb with sth jemandem etwas entgegenhalten
4. vergleichen
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transitive verb
1) gegenüberstellen; konfrontieren

confront somebody with something/somebody — jemanden mit etwas/[mit] jemandem konfrontieren

2) (stand facing) gegenüberstehen (+ Dat.)
3) (face in defiance) ins Auge sehen (+ Dat.)
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v.
entgegentreten v.
gegenüberstellen v.
konfrontieren v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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