Dictionary

head-to-head en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌhɛd tə ˈhɛd/
• /ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/

Meanings

1. Direct, one-to-one.
   • Fat Bear Week, which started in 2014, is an annual competition where brown bears from Alaska's Katmai National Park face off in head-to-head matchups -- similar to a March Madness bracket -- with people around the world voting for who they believe is the fattest of the bunch, the National Park Service said in a press release. 2025 October 1, Megan Forrester, “2025 Fat Bear Week winner announced: See who was named 'beefiest bruin'”, in ABC News:
   • For years, Southwest sought to avoid head-to-head competition with big, traditional airlines. 2006 July 11, Dan Reed, “At 35, Southwest's strategy gets more complicated”, in USA Today:

Forms

head-to-head en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˌhɛd tə ˈhɛd/
• /ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Facing one another.
2. (not-comparable) Directly, one-to-one.

Forms

Coordinates

arm-in-arm · hand-to-hand · cheek-to-cheek · side-by-side · mouth-to-mouth · heart to heart · back-to-back · toe-to-toe · face-to-face · end-to-end · cheek-by-jowl · nose-to-nose · elbow-to-elbow · ear-to-ear · shoulder-to-shoulder · eye-to-eye

Synonyms

tête-à-tête

Translations (16)

ja 内緒の (head-to-head) · cmn 面對面 /面对面 (head-to-head) · de unter vier Augen (head-to-head) · ru с гла́зу на́ глаз (head-to-head) · pl bezpośrednio (head-to-head) · fr tête-à-tête (head-to-head) · es cabeza a cabeza (head-to-head) · de tête-à-tête (head-to-head) · uk сам на́ сам (head-to-head) · ar وَجْهًا لِوَجْه (head-to-head) · ja 二人っきり (head-to-head) · uk віч-на́-віч (head-to-head) · ru тет-а-те́т (head-to-head) · cmn 當面 /当面 (head-to-head) · uk тет-а-те́т (head-to-head) · ja 相対の (head-to-head)