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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tete-a-tete, head-to-headadjective

    involving two persons; intimately private

    "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"

  2. neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuckadverb

    inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition

    "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"

  3. neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuckadverb

    even or close in a race or competition or comparison

    "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"

Wiktionary

  1. head-to-headadverb

    one-to-one, directly.

  2. head-to-headadjective

    one-to-one, direct.

ChatGPT

  1. head-to-head

    Head-to-head typically refers to a direct competition or confrontation between two parties. It is often used in sports or any other form of competition to describe situations where two individuals or teams are competing directly against each other. In a broader sense, it can also refer to any direct confrontation or contest.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of head-to-head in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of head-to-head in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of head-to-head in a Sentence

  1. Russia Britain James Guy:

    It was quite a nice feeling, as I never thought I’d race Ryan, one of my heroes, and racing head-to-head against him, touching the wall and becoming world champion is amazing, i tried to focus on myself (in the final 50m) and I knew the boys would go out hard. I also knew I had a good back end because of the 400m, so I tried to play to my strengths.

  2. Chris Nowinski:

    It actually increases head-to-head contact because people are less careful.

  3. Kirani James:

    Some athletes have different circumstances and their own reasons why they don't compete in certain meetings and that's up to them, but I think head-to-head rivalries bring a lot more excitement to the sport, for me, when I compete, I try to put on a good performance for the fans, just make it exciting and not focus on whether I’m going to win or lose. Once you do that, everyone wins because the sport wins.

  4. John Kasich:

    If it isn't head to head, we'll win anyway. We're going to do well in Ohio. Don't worry about it. We're going to do fine.

  5. Ted Cruz:

    Seventy percent of Republicans don't believe Donald Trump is the right candidate to go head-to-head with Hillary Clinton and beat her in November, the only way to beat Trump is with a strong, proven, constitutional conservative.


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