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What (who) is Confront - definition
AMERICAN MUSICIAN
Dale Nixon; Confront James; Gregory Regis Ginn; Greg Regis Ginn; Killer Tweeker Bees
 (Ruhrpott Rodeo 2013) IMGP5891 smial wp.jpg?width=200 "Ginn performing with Black Flag in 2013")
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![Illustration of a 17th century verbal confrontation between [[David Pieterszoon de Vries]] and [[Wouter van Twiller]] on the island of Manhattan. The two disagreed about the management of North American territories of the Netherlands.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/History of the city of New York - its origin, rise, and progress (1877) (14782506464).jpg?width=200 "Illustration of a 17th century verbal confrontation between [[David Pieterszoon de Vries]] and [[Wouter van Twiller]] on the island of Manhattan. The two disagreed about the management of North American territories of the Netherlands.")
DIRECT ENGAGEMENT OF A DISPUTE
Confrontment; Draft:Confrontation; Confront; Confronteth; Confronting; Confronter
v. a.
1.
Face, stand in front of, stand over against, be opposite to.
2.
Oppose, stand opposed, challenge, threaten, encounter, stand athwart the path of, rise in hostility before.
3.
Bring face to face, bring into the presence of.
confront
DIRECT ENGAGEMENT OF A DISPUTE
Confrontment; Draft:Confrontation; Confront; Confronteth; Confronting; Confronter
(confronts, confronting, confronted)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
She was confronted with severe money problems...
Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.
= face
VERB: be V-ed with/by n, V n
2.
If you confront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.
We are learning how to confront death...
NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.
= face
VERB: V n, V n
3.
If you are confronted by something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you.
I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.
= face
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with/by n
4.
If you confront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them.
She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face...
The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate.
VERB: V n, V n
5.
If you confront someone with something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something.
She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt...
I could not bring myself to confront him about it...
His confronting me forced me to search for the answers.
VERB: V n with n, V n about n, V n
Confront
DIRECT ENGAGEMENT OF A DISPUTE
Confrontment; Draft:Confrontation; Confront; Confronteth; Confronting; Confronter
·vt To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to Compare.
II. Confront ·vt To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing.
III. Confront ·vt To stand facing or in front of; to Face; ·esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
Wikipedia
Greg Ginn
Gregory Regis Ginn (born June 8, 1954) is an American guitarist, bassist, singer and songwriter, best known for being the leader, primary songwriter, and the only continuous member of the hardcore punk band Black Flag, which he founded and led from 1976 to 1986, and again in 2003. The band announced another reunion in 2013. Since the breakup of Black Flag, Ginn has recorded solo albums, and performed with such bands as October Faction, Gone, Confront James, Mojack, and others. He was 99th on Rolling Stone's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Examples of use of Confront
1. "I believe South Carolina is the perfect laboratory to confront ethnic and racial issues, to confront faith issues, to confront economic issues," said Rep.
2. An inquiry that wants to confront anti–semitism should also confront those who cheapen the term through reckless misuse.
3. Independent candidates don‘t confront the threshold.
4. Both confront traditional structures that favor men.
5. Yet fishing ministers failed to confront reality.