1. (verb)confront, face up, face deal with (something unpleasant) head on
"You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
2. (verb)confront, face oppose, as in hostility or a competition
"You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
3. (verb)front, look, face be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
"The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
4. (verb)face be opposite
"the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"
5. (verb)face turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
"Turn and face your partner now"
6. (verb)confront, face, present present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
"We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"
7. (verb)face turn so as to expose the face
"face a playing card"
8. (verb)face line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
"face the lapels of the jacket"
9. (verb)face cover the front or surface of
"The building was faced with beautiful stones"
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