verb
- Deal with (something unpleasant) head on.
- usage: "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
- Oppose, as in hostility or a competition.
- usage: "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
- Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to.
- usage: "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
- Be opposite.
- usage: "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"
- synonyms: face
- Turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction.
- usage: "Turn and face your partner now"
- synonyms: face
- Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize.
- usage: "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
- Turn so as to expose the face.
- usage: "face a playing card"
- synonyms: face
- Line the edge (of a garment) with a different material.
- usage: "face the lapels of the jacket"
- synonyms: face
- Cover the front or surface of.
- usage: "The building was faced with beautiful stones"
- synonyms: face
adjective
- Having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination.
- usage: "a neatly faced terrace"
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