adj
Meaning 1
Direct, one-to-one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
head-to-head
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/
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/ˌhɛd tə ˈhɛd/
adv
Meaning 2
Facing one another.
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
adv
Meaning 3
Directly, one-to-one.
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
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
- the election was a nip and tuck affair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neck and neck, nip and tuck
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
involving two persons; intimately private
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a tete-a-tete supper
- a head-to-head conversation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tete-a-tete
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 6
even or close in a race or competition or comparison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the horses ran neck and neck
- he won nip and tuck
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neck and neck, nip and tuck
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: وَجْهًا لِوَجْه (wajhan li-wajh) — head-to-head
- Chinese Mandarin: 面對面 /面对面 (miànduìmiàn) — head-to-head
- Chinese Mandarin: 當面 /当面 (dāngmiàn) — head-to-head
- French: tête-à-tête — head-to-head
- German: tête-à-tête — head-to-head
- German: unter vier Augen — head-to-head
- Japanese: 内緒の (naisho-no) — head-to-head
- Japanese: 二人っきり (futarikkiri) — head-to-head
- Japanese: 相対の (aitai-no) — head-to-head
- Polish: bezpośrednio — head-to-head
- Russian: тет-а-те́т (tɛt-a-tɛ́t) — head-to-head
- Russian: с гла́зу на́ глаз (s glázu ná glaz) — head-to-head
- Spanish: cabeza a cabeza — head-to-head
- Ukrainian: віч-на́-віч (vič-ná-vič) — head-to-head
- Ukrainian: сам на́ сам (sam ná sam) — head-to-head
- Ukrainian: тет-а-те́т (tet-a-tét) — head-to-head
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