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

Wikipedia

face-to-face (not comparable)

1. In one another's presence.
   • a face-to-face meeting

Translations

in another's presence

• Bengali: মুখোমুখি (bn) (mukhomukhi)

• Finnish: henkilökohtainen (fi)

Adverb

face-to-face (not comparable)

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) While physically present.

Translations

face to face — see face to face