adj
Meaning 1
In one another's presence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- a face-to-face meeting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
face-to-face
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adv
Meaning 2
While physically present.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
in each other's presence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a face-to-face encounter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
within each other's presence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she met the president face-to-face
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
directly facing each other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table
- lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street
- they sat opposite at the table
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: opposite
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
face + to + face
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bengali: মুখোমুখি (mukhōmukhi) — in another's presence
- Bulgarian: лице в лице — in another's presence
- Chinese Mandarin: 面對面 /面对面 (miànduìmiàn) — in another's presence
- Chinese Mandarin: 當面 /当面 (dāngmiàn) — in another's presence
- Czech: mezi čtyřma očima — in another's presence
- Finnish: henkilökohtainen — in another's presence
- German: unter vier Augen — in another's presence
- Hindi: रूबरू (rūbrū) — in another's presence
- Polish: twarzą w twarz — in another's presence
- Portuguese: cara-a-cara — in another's presence
- Russian: личный (ličnyj) — in another's presence
- Russian: с глазу на глаз (s glazu na glaz) — in another's presence
- Spanish: faz a faz — in another's presence
- Spanish: cara a cara — in another's presence
- Tagalog: pangita — in another's presence
- Tagalog: harapan — in another's presence
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