face-to-face

face-to-face

See also: face to face

English

Alternative forms

• face to face

Etymology

face + to + face

Noun

face-to-face (plural face-to-faces)

1. A meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology.
   • 2001, Darwin Porter, Hollywood's Silent Closet, page 607:

     "If you want to have a face-to-face with Charlie?" I asked W.R., "Why invite the rest of us?"

   • 2007, Dennis N. Griffin, Frank Cullotta, Dennis Arnoldy, Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster and Government Witness, page 192:

     In an unprecedented move, Clifford went to Chicago to have a face-to-face with Tony's superiors.

   • 2011, Annie Jacobsen, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base, page 18:

     It was not like Friedman didn't try to have a face-to-face with Lazar.

Adjective

face-to-face (not comparable)

1. In one another's presence.

   a face-to-face meeting

   • 2021 June 2, Paul Stephen, “Advances made in digital revolution”, in RAIL, number 932, page 58:

     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.

Translations

in another's presence

Bengali: মুখোমুখি (bn) (mukhomukhi) Czech: mezi čtyřma očima (cs) Finnish: henkilökohtainen (fi) German: unter vier Augen (de) Hindi: रूबरू (hi) (rūbrū) Polish: twarzą w twarz (pl), w cztery oczy (pl), sam na sam (pl), na osobności Portuguese: cara-a-cara Spanish: faz a faz, cara a cara (es) Tagalog: pangita, harapan

Adverb

face-to-face (not comparable)

1. While physically present.
   • 2017 June 8, quoting Evfra de Tershav, “Roekaar Occupation”, in Mass Effect: Andromeda APEX HQ‎ (Science Fiction), archived from the original on 09 February 2019:

     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.

Translations

face to face — see face to face