confronted
- 1Simple past and past participle of confront.
The mayor confronted the protesters outside city hall.
He was confronted by reporters as he left the courthouse.
Note
A regular -ed form, so one spelling covers both past tense and participle. The interest lies in the passive and its prepositions. With by, it names who did the facing (confronted by reporters). With with, it names what was put in front of someone, as in being brought face to face with a fact (confronted with the evidence). After have, it forms the perfect: she has confronted him.
She was confronted with the evidence and could not deny it.
They have confronted the problem head-on.
confronted is a form of confront
confront, verb: To stand face to face with someone, especially in competition, hostility, or defiance. Full entry
- Forms
- confrontconfronts he/she/itconfronting -ing formconfronted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- confront → confronted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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