{
    "term": "confront",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "confront",
            "heSheIt": "confronts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "confronted",
        "pastParticiple": "confronted",
        "ingForm": "confronting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to appear and need to be dealt with by somebody",
            "sensetop": "confront somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What is to be done about the economic problems confronting the country?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was suddenly confronted by the task of rewriting the entire book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government found itself confronted by massive opposition."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to deal with a problem or difficult situation",
            "sensetop": "confront something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She knew that she had to confront her fears."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new state confronted head-on the question of national identity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is willing to confront problems directly."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "face up to",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["directly", "head-on", "squarely"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be confronted with something",
                    "find yourself confronted by something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to face somebody so that they cannot avoid seeing and hearing you, especially in an unfriendly or dangerous situation",
            "sensetop": "confront somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This was the first time he had confronted an armed robber."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Confronted by an angry crowd, the police retreated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The demonstrators found themselves confronted by a line of police, blocking the road."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make somebody face or deal with an unpleasant or difficult person or situation",
            "sensetop": "confront somebody with somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He confronted her with a choice between her career or their relationship."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These texts constantly confront the reader with their demanding claims."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to have something in front of you that you have to deal with or react to",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Most people when confronted with a horse will pat it."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌnt/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfront__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌnts/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfronts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌntɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfronted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfronting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌnt/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfront__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌnts/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfronts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌntɪd/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfronted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kənˈfrʌntɪŋ/",
                "audio": "xc/confront/xconfronting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from French confronter, from medieval Latin confrontare, from Latin con- ‘with’ + frons, front- ‘face’."
}