face time
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4.0
- noun
- /feɪs taɪm/
- Jargon
:
tiempo cara a cara
- Also, Parker Wembley keeps trying to get some face time with you.
- get some face time
- put in face time
- lot of face time
Examples
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The Sloan study indicated that the best teaching often occurs under a blended model of online learning coupled with real face time.
Blog text (18) -
But you got to put in face time with these journalists, because they don't want to talk to me, and they certainly don't want to talk to Brad.
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-The president wants some face time.
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I was looking forward to getting some face time with you, but I gotta get this baby in the air.
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Speaking of which, when he gets back from Russia and China, we'll get you two together for some face time, let you two catch up.
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"Spending face time with people," she said.
Academic text (2009) -
Uh, when can I get some face time with the senator?
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You might want to pencil in a little face time with your daughter.
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People will vote on images unless they get one-on-one face time with someone who can articulate what policies affect their lives.
Blog text (18) -
In a service-oriented, collaborative business, face time will always be important.
Synonyms
130
2.3
In the same place as someone and looking at them directly
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3.2
Happens when people meet and talk in the same place
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The nouns 'face' and 'time' together suggest 'time involving faces' or interpersonal contact, so learners can infer a session spent interacting with someone. However the specific modern/business sense of a scheduled live video/chat session (and the shift from in-person to virtual interaction) is a pragmatic extension that is not fully predictable from the constituents alone, making it only partially transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Face time comes from the simple image of showing your face and spending time where others can see you. At work, people used it to mean time in the office so bosses notice you, so it now means 'time spent in person'.