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face-to-face en · ADJ

Etymology

face + to + face

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In one another's presence.
   • a face-to-face meeting
   • The complexity of having so many organisations involved, and the deep integration required, has undoubtedly tested the interpersonal skills of project leaders who have had little face-to-face contact. 2021 June 2, Paul Stephen, “Advances made in digital revolution”, in RAIL, number 932, page 58:

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Translations (16)

ru с глазу на глаз (in another's presence) · tl pangita (in another's presence) · cs mezi čtyřma očima (in another's presence) · bn মুখোমুখি (in another's presence) · fi henkilökohtainen (in another's presence) · es faz a faz (in another's presence) · tl harapan (in another's presence) · de unter vier Augen (in another's presence) · hi रूबरू (in another's presence) · pt cara-a-cara (in another's presence) · bg лице в лице (in another's presence) · pl twarzą w twarz (in another's presence) · cmn 當面 /当面 (in another's presence) · ru личный (in another's presence) · cmn 面對面 /面对面 (in another's presence) · es cara a cara (in another's presence)

face-to-face en · ADV

Etymology

face + to + face

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) While physically present.
   • I came face-to-face with her on the battlefield recently. Resistance vs. Roekaar. My favorite mother looked at me with the kindness and empathy that I remembered… then she shot me. 2017 June 8, Evfra de Tershav, quotee, “Roekaar Occupation”, in Mass Effect: Andromeda APEX HQ (Science Fiction), archived from the original on 09 Feb 2019:

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face-to-face en · NOUN

Etymology

face + to + face

Meanings

1. A meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology.
   • "If you want to have a face-to-face with Charlie?" I asked W.R., "Why invite the rest of us?" 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood's Silent Closet, page 607:
   • It was not like Friedman didn't try to have a face-to-face with Lazar. 2011, Annie Jacobsen, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, page 18:
   • In an unprecedented move, Clifford went to Chicago to have a face-to-face with Tony's superiors. 2007, Dennis N. Griffin, Frank Cullotta, Dennis Arnoldy, Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness, page 192:

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