confront

affronter, faire face à

S’occuper directement d’un problème ou d’une situation difficile.

En anglais simple : To deal directly with a difficult problem or situation.

• We must confront this problem.
• She finally confronted her fear of flying.
• The council is confronting the housing crisis.

Synonymes : tackle, face, address

Contraires : avoid

Expressions courantes : confront a problem, confront your fears, confront an issue

affronter, confronter

Affronter directement quelqu’un ou le mettre face à une réalité ou une situation difficile.

En anglais simple : To face someone directly, or make someone face a difficult fact or situation.

• She confronted the man outside.
• They confronted their manager with evidence of unfair treatment.
• I was confronted with the truth about my father.

Comment l'utiliser : confront someone with something (She confronted him with the missing receipts.); be confronted with something (We were confronted with some surprising facts.)

Synonymes : face, challenge

Expressions courantes : confront someone, confront someone with something

affronter, rencontrer

Se trouver face à quelqu’un ou quelque chose, surtout un adversaire ou une difficulté.

En anglais simple : To meet or come up against someone or something, especially an opponent or difficulty.

• Our team will confront the champions tomorrow.
• The explorers confronted several obstacles along the route.
• The soldiers advanced until they confronted the enemy.

Synonymes : encounter, meet, face

Expressions courantes : confront an opponent, confront an obstacle, confront an enemy