confront
/kənˈfrʌnt/
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American sound/kənˈfrʌnt/
kənˈfrʌnt
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kən - ˈfrʌnt -> confront
Myanmar meaning
(v) ရင်ဆိုင်တွေ့
Full entry
၁။ (က) ရင်ဆိုင်တွေ့သည်။ ထိပ်တိုက် တွေ့သည်။ the problems confronting us ❍ Confronted by an angry crowd, the police retreated.
(ခ) ကြံ့ကြံ့ခံသည်။ ရင်ဆိုင်ဖြေရှင်းသည်။ confront danger/fear/grief ❍ She knew she'd have to confront her parents when she got home.
၂။ ~ sb with sb/sth ရင်ဆိုင်ပေးသည်။ ဆုံပေးသည်။ They confronted the prisoner with his accusers. ❍ When confronted with the evidence of her guilt, she confessed.
❏ confrontation /kɒnfrʌn'teÇʃn/ n [C, U] ထိပ်တိုက် ရင်ဆိုင်မှု။ ထိပ်တိုက်တွေ့ခြင်း။
a confrontation between the government and the unions.
More examples
- The guard on duty was confronted by an armed man.
- It takes courage to confront your fears.
- We need to confront these problems before it’s too late.
- The problems confronting the church
- [be confronted with something] : She was confronted with the biggest crisis of her political life.
- [be confronted with something] : When confronted with the documents, Hunter admitted the charges against him.
Synonyms
tackle, face up to, meet head-on, meet, face, deal with, brazen out, accost, affront, antagonize, beard, brave, call one's bluff, challenge, come up against, dare, defy, encounter, face down, face with, flout, front, go one-on-one, go up against, handle, make my day, meet eyeball-to-eyeball, oppose, provoke, repel, resist, scorn, stand up to, tell off, threaten, withstand
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