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face-to-face

face-to-face

96 3.2
Happens when people meet and talk in the same place
  • adjective
  • /feɪs tə feɪs/
translation icon : presencial
  • The exercise program included six face-to-face sessions with a physical or occupational therapist.
  • online and face-to-face
  • a face-to-face interview
  • a face-to-face meeting

Can't patients have face to face telehealth visits?

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Examples

  • This is one of our face to face group meetings in Germany.

  • There were only 30 total students, with 16 in the face-to-face section and 14 in the online section.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I just wanted to ask you something face-to-face.

    Xtinction: Predator X (2010)

  • We need to talk, Harry, face-to-face.

    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

  • Specifically, the majority of courses were presented in a face-to-face setting, with a few online courses available.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The majority of the sample was interviewed in face-to-face interviews in their households.

    Academic text (2008)

  • One-half of each session is spent face-to-face with a teacher, learning basic concepts.

    Academic text (2011)

  • I need to discuss this matter with you face-to-face so we can understand each other better.

  • He prefers meetings that are face-to-face rather than done over video calls.

  • After weeks of communicating online, I was excited to finally see her face-to-face.

Synonyms

in person
vsface-to-face
271 1.6

To be present at a place rather than by phone or online

emphasizes meeting and direct interaction rather than mere presence
in-person
vsface-to-face
15 2.7

People are in the same place instead of online

focuses on people meeting each other directly rather than the activity itself
person-to-person
vsface-to-face
11 3.9

Two people meet and talk directly, without other people or devices

is broader, covering any mutual physical presence not only two-person contact

Antonyms

remote
15 5.4

Only slightly connected to someone or something

indirect
14 4.3

Saying or doing something without being clear

How Direct

face-to-face
96 3.2
videophone
7 4.0
remotely
169 3.7

Surface Forms

face-to-face positive

Etymology

Face-to-face comes from the simple words face, 'to', and face, and it gives the picture of two people with their faces turned toward each other. So, as an adjective, face-to-face describes a meeting or talk that happens in the same place with people looking at each other.