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Definition of 'head-on'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) head-on
meeting with the fronts or heads foremost:
a head-on collision.

2.  head-on
facing forward; frontal.

3.  head-on
characterized by direct opposition:
a head-on confrontation.

4. (adv.) head-on
with the front or head foremost, esp. in a collision.

5.  head-on
in direct opposition.

Etymology: (1830–40, Amer.)

Definition of 'head-on'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) head-on
characterized by direct opposition
"a head-on confrontation"

2. (adverb) frontal, head-on
meeting front to front
"a frontal attack"; "a head-on collision"

3. (adverb) head-on
in direct opposition; directly
"we must meet the problem head-on"

4. (adverb) head-on
with the front foremost
"the cars collided head-on"

Definition of 'head-on'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) head-on
(of a car crash) in which two cars crash directly into each other
a head-on collision

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