confront – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of confront

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to confront
Participle: confronted
Gerund: confronting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iconfront
youconfront
he;she;itconfronts
weconfront
youconfront
theyconfront

Perfect

Ihave confronted
youhave confronted
he;she;ithas confronted
wehave confronted
youhave confronted
theyhave confronted

Past

Iconfronted
youconfronted
he;she;itconfronted
weconfronted
youconfronted
theyconfronted

Pluperfect

Ihad confronted
youhad confronted
he;she;ithad confronted
wehad confronted
youhad confronted
theyhad confronted

Future

Iwill confront
youwill confront
he;she;itwill confront
wewill confront
youwill confront
theywill confront

Future Perfect

Iwill have confronted
youwill have confronted
he;she;itwill have confronted
wewill have confronted
youwill have confronted
theywill have confronted

Subjunctive

Present

Iconfront
youconfront
he;she;itconfront
weconfront
youconfront
theyconfront

Perfect

Ihave confronted
youhave confronted
he;she;ithave confronted
wehave confronted
youhave confronted
theyhave confronted

Imperfect

Iconfronted
youconfronted
he;she;itconfronted
weconfronted
youconfronted
theyconfronted

Pluperfect

Ihad confronted
youhad confronted
he;she;ithad confronted
wehad confronted
youhad confronted
theyhad confronted

Conditional

Present

Iwould confront
youwould confront
he;she;itwould confront
wewould confront
youwould confront
theywould confront

Perfect

Iwould have confronted
youwould have confronted
he;she;itwould have confronted
wewould have confronted
youwould have confronted
theywould have confronted

Imperative

youconfront
weLet's confront
youconfront

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam confronting
youare confronting
he;she;itis confronting
weare confronting
youare confronting
theyare confronting

Perfect

Ihave been confronting
youhave been confronting
he;she;ithas been confronting
wehave been confronting
youhave been confronting
theyhave been confronting

Past

Iwas confronting
youwere confronting
he;she;itwas confronting
wewere confronting
youwere confronting
theywere confronting

Pluperfect

Ihad been confronting
youhad been confronting
he;she;ithad been confronting
wehad been confronting
youhad been confronting
theyhad been confronting

Future

Iwill be confronting
youwill be confronting
he;she;itwill be confronting
wewill be confronting
youwill be confronting
theywill be confronting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been confronting
youwill have been confronting
he;she;itwill have been confronting
wewill have been confronting
youwill have been confronting
theywill have been confronting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be confronting
youwould be confronting
he;she;itwould be confronting
wewould be confronting
youwould be confronting
theywould be confronting

Perfect

Iwould have been confronting
youwould have been confronting
he;she;itwould have been confronting
wewould have been confronting
youwould have been confronting
theywould have been confronting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'confront'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Antonyms

to keep away from
come to grips with, deal with, engage, get to grips with, take the bull by the horns, avoid

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

Verbs referencing "confront"

Dutch confronteren.

Sample Sentences

  • Tom by this time had gained his feet, and was confronting his master with a steady, unmoved front. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • He confronted me, and, I just, I lost it, in the rage, the confusion, the fear. (Shadows of Willow Cabin)