confront

Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

verb

1. (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with
   It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
2. (transitive) To deal with.
   confront a problem
3. (transitive) To bring someone face to face with something.
   We should confront him about the missing money.
4. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
   Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
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.