face-to-face
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2.8
- adverb
- /ˈfeɪs tə ˈfeɪs/
:
en persona
- It's important for us to talk face-to-face rather than through a screen.
- face-to-face interview
- face-to-face negotiations
- face-to-face meeting
Sometimes just being that role model and seeing them face to face has like an immense amount of impact.
- Sometimes just being that role model and seeing them face to face has like an immense amount of impact.
- So when you come face to face with these people and when it went to court, I was not allowed in court.
Examples
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Well, maybe you two should meet face to face.
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Interested potential participants provided informed consent before completing a face-to-face screening interview in a private room.
Academic text (2011) -
We have to do it face to face.
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It's nice to finally meet you face to face.
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We need to have these face to face human interactions.
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We haven't done any in person face to face events since the beginning of COVID.
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Teachers are expected to attend virtual staff meetings weekly as well as face-to-face professional development several times a year.
Academic text (2014) -
Phil gets out of the car and starts walking, but finds himself face to face with Ned Ryerson.
Fiction book (1993) -
Jessie coolly walks from behind the counter and comes face to face with Lucky.
Fiction book (1993) -
Look, we are face-to-face.
Synonyms
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1.6
To be present at a place rather than by phone or online
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2.7
People are in the same place instead of online
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3.9
Two people meet and talk directly, without other people or devices
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1.0
Facing or placed directly across from someone
Antonyms
How Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Face-to-face comes from the simple words face, 'to', and face, and it gives the picture of two people facing one another. As an adverb, face-to-face means 'in person' or 'directly', so it describes doing something with people physically present and looking at each other.