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Definition: Face Saving |
Face SavingNoun1. An act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Face SavingSynonym: face saver (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Face Saving |
| Specialty definitions using "face saving": Cross ♦ INSURANCE. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
face saving | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "face saving"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | ndershpëtues. (various references) | |
Arabic | صان الكرامة, إنقاذ ماء الوجه. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | запазващ репутацията. (various references) | |
Czech | kompromisní, kamuflážní, èestný (above board, decent, gentlemanlike, honest, honorable, honorary, honourable, on the up and up, righteous, right-minded, straight, upstanding). (various references) | |
French | sauver la dignité. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מציל יוקר". (various references) | |
Hungarian | presztízsmentõ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | acefay avingsay.(various references) | |
Russian | спасение престижа (face-saving). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | koji čuva prestiž. (various references) | |
Spanish | salvamento de las apariencias. (various references) | |
Swedish | som rädder ansiktet. (various references) | |
Turkish | yüzü örten, durumu kurtaran (saving). (various references) | |
Ukranian | врятування престижу. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-g-i-n-s-v" | |
-3 letters: cavings, ceasing, facings, fancies, fanegas, fasciae, fascine, feasing, fiances, incages, vaginae, vaginas. | |
-4 letters: agaves, avians, canvas, casein, casing, cavies, caving, easing, facias, facies, facing, faenas, fagins, fanega, fangas, fascia, feigns, fiance, ganefs, ganevs, givens, incage, incase, naives, navies, savage, savine, saving, vagina, vegans, vesica, vincas, visage. | |
-5 letters: acing, acnes, aecia, aegis, again, agave, angas, anise, ansae, avens, avgas, avian, cafes, cages, cains, canes, caves, cavie, cines, faces, facia, faena, fagin, fanes, fanga, fangs, favas, faves, feign, fices, fines, fives, gains, ganef, ganev, genic, given, gives, naevi, naifs, naive, naves, neifs, saice, saiga, sanga, savin, scena, segni, sengi, since, singe, vanes, vangs, vegan, veins, vices, vigas, vinas, vinca, vines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 63 65      53 61 76 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01100011 01100101 00100000 01010011 01100001 01110110 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a c e   S a v i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0063 0065      0053 0061 0076 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406769712536788758073 |
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