Definitions for face-to-face
face-to-face

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. face-to-faceadverb

   in each other's presence

   "a face-to-face encounter"

2. face-to-faceadverb

   within each other's presence

   "she met the president face-to-face"

3. face-to-face, oppositeadverb

   directly facing each other

   "the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table"; "lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street"; "they sat opposite at the table"

4. face to faceadverb

   involving close contact; confronting each other

   "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. face-to-faceadjective

   having the front parts facing each other.

2. face-to-faceadjective

   without intervening persons; involving direct communication between persons in each other's presence; -- of conversation or confrontation; as, face-to-face negotiations.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. face-to-faceadverb

   While physically present.

2. face-to-faceadjective

   In one another's presence.

3. Etymology: face + to + face

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1. face-to-face

   Face-to-face is a term that describes interaction or communication that occurs directly and in person, rather than via a medium such as telephone, email, or internet. It is often used to indicate personal and direct contact between two or more individuals who are physically present in the same location.

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1. Face-to-face

   The face-to-face relation is a concept in the French philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas' thought on human sociality. It means that, ethically, people are responsible to one-another in the face-to-face encounter. Specifically, Lévinas says that the human face "orders and ordains" us. It calls the subject into “giving and serving” the Other. Face-to-face is similar to Mikhail Bakhtin's ethical concept in art and answerability and Martin Heidegger's concept of the authentic guilt as opposed to an inauthentic other. Lévinas' phenomenological account of the "face-to-face" encounter serves as the basis for his ethics and the rest of his philosophy. For Lévinas, "Ethics is the first philosophy." Lévinas argues that the encounter of the Other through the face reveals a certain poverty which forbids a reduction to Sameness and, simultaneously, installs a responsibility for the Other in the Self. Lévinas' account of the face-to-face encounter bears many similarities to Martin Buber's "I and Thou" relation. Its influence is also particularly pronounced in Jacques Derrida's ethical writings.

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1. face-to-face

   Present with a person or people in a room.

   Many social enterprises use technology where it is appropriate, other times they choose face-to-face meetings.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 30, 2020  

How to pronounce face-to-face?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of face-to-face in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of face-to-face in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of face-to-face in a Sentence

1. Vladimir Putin:

   We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian government and its armed forces who are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face, we should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad’s armed forces and (Kurdish) militia are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria.

2. Annah Backstrom:

   The caucuses are about face-to-face campaigning, and you're going to get the biggest audience possible by walking around the fairgrounds. You're going to get the most exposure, you're going to see the most faces. And it's important in a state like Iowa, where what gets people to turn out on caucus night is whether they've had a face-to-face interaction with the candidate.

3. Kevin Brady:

   I have a lot of confidence that the president, in face-to-face meetings with President Xi, could develop the right fair-trade and lasting-trade framework going forward.

4. Mario Botta:

   To build a church nowadays is to come face to face with millenary history and, whether I like it or not, I find myself (confronting) these historical issues.

5. Elias Aboujaoude:

   We are not at a point yet where we can say that the online therapy services that are available for the time are equal in their quality to a traditional face to face, in-person therapy.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=face-to-face
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=face-to-face
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Face-to-Face
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=face-to-face