confrontations
- 1Plural of confrontation.
A series of tense confrontations broke out between protesters and police downtown.
The manager wanted to resolve the dispute before more confrontations damaged the team.
Note
Only the countable side of the noun takes this form. Confrontation can name the general act of facing someone down (a politics of confrontation) or a single episode, and the plural counts episodes: clashes at a protest, rows in an office, or engagements between armed forces. When you mean the habit or stance rather than particular incidents, keep the uncountable singular. Write "they avoid confrontation," not "they avoid confrontations."
confrontations is a form of confrontation
confrontation, noun: The act of challenging or opposing someone directly, especially in person. Full entry
- Forms
- confrontationconfrontations plural
- Spelling
- confrontation → confrontations: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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