Meaning

• To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with

  "We should confront him about the missing money."

• To deal with.

• To something bring face to face with.

• To come up against; to encounter.

• To engage in confrontation.

• To set a thing side by side with; to compare.

• To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.