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| has gloss | (verb) oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" confront, face |
| lexicalization | eng: confront |
| lexicalization | eng: face |
| subclass of | (verb) contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" take on, encounter, meet, play |
| has subclass | (verb) confront bodily; "breast the storm" breast, front |
| has subclass | (verb) face a difficulty and grapple with it without avoiding it take the bull by the horns |
| has subclass | (verb) set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" oppose, pit, match, play off |
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