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In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eyeball to eyeball, vis-à-vis
Antonyms: none provided
Closely encountering (a thing or situation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, not-comparable
Examples
- Finally, there I was, face to face with death.
- We came face to face with the situation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: head-on
Antonyms: none provided
involving close contact; confronting each other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner
- they spoke face to face
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Amharic:
ትይዩ ነው
(təyyu näw)
— in person
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Arabic:
وَجْهًا لِوَجْه
(wajhan li-wajh)
— in person
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Armenian:
դեմառդեմ
(demaṙdem)
— in person
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Armenian:
երես առ երես
(eres aṙ eres)
— in person
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Belarusian:
тва́рам да тва́ру
(tváram da tváru)
— in person
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Belarusian:
во́ка на во́ка
(vóka na vóka)
— in person
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Bengali:
মুখোমুখি
(mukhōmukhi)
— in person
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Bulgarian:
лице́ в лице́
(licé v licé)
— in person
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Chinese Cantonese:
當面 /当面
(dong1 min6)
— in person
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Chinese Mandarin:
當面 /当面
(dāngmiàn)
— in person
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Chinese Mandarin:
面對面 /面对面
(miànduìmiàn)
— in person
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Czech:
tváří v tvář
— in person
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Danish:
ansigt til ansigt
— in person
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Dutch:
in het echt
— in person
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Dutch:
oog in oog
— in person
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Finnish:
kasvokkain
— in person
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Finnish:
kasvotusten
— in person
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Finnish:
henkilökohtaisesti
— in person
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French:
vis-à-vis
— in person
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French:
tête-à-tête
— in person
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French:
face à face
— in person
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Georgian:
პირისპირ
(ṗirisṗir)
— in person
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German:
von Angesicht zu Angesicht
— in person
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German:
in echt
— in person
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Greek:
πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο
(prósopo me prósopo)
— in person
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Greek:
διά ζώσης
(diá zósis)
— in person
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Ancient Greek:
ἐνώπιος ἐνωπίῳ
(enṓpios enōpíōi)
— in person
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Ancient Greek:
ἀντικρύ
(antikrú)
— in person
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Gujarati:
રૂબરૂ
(rūbrū)
— in person
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Gujarati:
મોઢામોઢ
(moḍhāmoḍh)
— in person
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Hebrew:
פנים אל פנים
(paním el paním)
— in person
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Hindi:
आमने-सामने
(āmne-sāmne)
— in person
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Hindi:
सम्मुख
(sammukh)
— in person
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Hindi:
रूबरू
(rūbrū)
— in person
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Hungarian:
személyesen
— in person
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Ido:
nazo kontre nazo
— in person
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Indonesian:
tatap muka
— in person
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Indonesian:
wawanmuka
— in person
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Indonesian:
semuka
— in person
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Interlingua:
facie a facie
— in person
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Irish:
aghaidh ar aghaidh
— in person
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Central Kurdish:
ڕوو بە ڕوو
(rû be rû)
— in person
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Macedonian:
ли́це в ли́це
(líce v líce)
— in person
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Macedonian:
о́чи в о́чи
(óči v óči)
— in person
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Malay:
bersemuka
— in person
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Māori:
rae ki te rae
— in person
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Māori:
kanohi ki te kanohi
— in person
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ansikt til ansikt
— in person
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Norwegian Bokmål:
under fire øyne
— in person
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Persian:
رو به رو
(ru be ru)
— in person
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Polish:
twarzą w twarz
— in person
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Portuguese:
face a face
— in person
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Portuguese:
cara a cara
— in person
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Portuguese:
pessoalmente
— in person
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Punjabi:
ਰੂਬਰੂ
(rūbrū)
— in person
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Romanian:
față în față
— in person
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Romanian:
între patru ochi
— in person
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Russian:
лицо́м к лицу́
(licóm k licú)
— in person
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Russian:
с гла́зу на́ глаз
(s glázu ná glaz)
— in person
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Russian:
тет-а-те́т
(tɛt-a-tɛ́t)
— in person
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Scottish Gaelic:
aghaidh ri aghaidh
— in person
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Serbo-Croatian:
очи у очи
— in person
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Serbo-Croatian:
oči u oči
— in person
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Slovak:
tvárou v tvár
— in person
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Slovak:
zoči-voči
— in person
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Slovene:
iz oči v oči
— in person
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Spanish:
frente a frente
— in person
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Spanish:
cara a cara
— in person
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Spanish:
vis a vis
— in person
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Swedish:
ansikte mot ansikte
— in person
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Swedish:
öga mot öga
— in person
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Tagalog:
harapan
— in person
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Tamil:
நேருக்கு நேர்
(nērukku nēr)
— in person
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Tamil:
முகத்திற்கு முகம்
(mukattiṟku mukam)
— in person
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Telugu:
ముఖాముఖి
(mukhāmukhi)
— in person
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Turkish:
yüz yüze
— in person
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Ukrainian:
обли́ччям до обли́ччя
(oblýččjam do oblýččja)
— in person
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Ukrainian:
віч-на́-віч
(vič-ná-vič)
— in person
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Vietnamese:
trực diện
— in person
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Vietnamese:
trực tiếp
— in person
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Welsh:
wyneb ar wyneb
— in person