Phrase guide

in person

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

With one's own body and physical presence; not through media, a representative, or indirectly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Have you ever seen a celebrity in person?
  • He had seen the burger on TV, but in person it looked so much juicier.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: face to face, in the flesh, vis-à-vis

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in the flesh; without involving anyone else

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I went there personally
  • he appeared in person

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: personally

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անձամբ (anjamb) — actually present
  • Bengali: খোদ (khōd) — actually present
  • Catalan: presencial — actually present
  • Catalan: en persona — actually present
  • Chinese Mandarin: 親自 /亲自 (qīnzì) — actually present
  • Czech: osobně — actually present
  • Dutch: persoonlijk — actually present
  • Dutch: in het vlees — actually present
  • Dutch: in persoon — actually present
  • Esperanto: persone — actually present
  • Finnish: henkilökohtaisesti — actually present
  • French: en personne — actually present
  • Galician: en persoa — actually present
  • Georgian: პირადად (ṗiradad) — actually present
  • German: in Person — actually present
  • German: persönlich — actually present
  • German: höchstpersönlich — actually present
  • Greek: προσωπικά (prosopiká) — actually present
  • Greek: διά ζώσης (diá zósis) — actually present
  • Hungarian: személyesen — actually present
  • Hungarian: élőben — actually present
  • Italian: di persona — actually present
  • Italian: in persona — actually present
  • Japanese: 直々に (jikijiki ni) — actually present
  • Korean: 대면으로 (daemyeoneuro) — actually present
  • Korean: 직접 (jikjeop) — actually present
  • Latin: in personam — actually present
  • Latin: cōram — actually present
  • Māori: ā-tinana — actually present
  • Pannonian Rusyn: особнє (osobnje) — actually present
  • Persian: شخصاً (šaxsan) — actually present
  • Polish: osobiście — actually present
  • Portuguese: em pessoa — actually present
  • Portuguese: pessoalmente — actually present
  • Russian: ли́чно (líčno) — actually present
  • Russian: персона́льно (personálʹno) — actually present
  • Russian: вживу́ю (vživúju) — actually present
  • Russian: самоли́чно (samolíčno) — actually present
  • Slovak: osobne — actually present
  • Spanish: en persona — actually present
  • Swedish: personligen — actually present
  • Tamil: நேரில் (nēril) — actually present