(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are ~ed with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
She was ~ed with severe money problems...
Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task ~ing them.
= face
VERB: be V-ed with/by n, V n
2.
If you ~ a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.
We are learning how to ~ death...
NATO countries have been forced to ~ fundamental moral questions.
= face
VERB: V n, V n
3.
If you are ~ed by something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you.
I was ~ed with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.
= face
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed with/by n
4.
If you ~ someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them.
She pushed her way through the mob and ~ed him face to face...
The candidates ~ed each other during a televised debate.
VERB: V n, V n
5.
If you ~ someone with something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something.
She had decided to ~ Kathryn with what she had learnt...
I could not bring myself to ~ him about it...
His ~ing me forced me to search for the answers.
VERB: V n with n, V n about n, V n