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Face-to-face

Definitions: Face-to-face

Face-to-face

Adjective

1. In each other's presence; "a face-to-face encounter".

Adverb

1. Within each other's presence; "she met the president face-to-face".

2. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Face-to-face

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Face-to-face (F2F, IRL) Used to describe personal interaction in real life as opposed to via some digital or electronic communications medium. (1997-01-31). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Face-to-face

Synonym: opposite (adv). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: direct communication (language, post & telecom), face-to-face bonded pile carpet (industry, meteorology & standards), face-to-face bonded-pile carpet, face-to-face carpet (industryindustry, meteorology & standards), face-to-face communication (language, post & telecom), face-to-face joint (mechanical engineering, transportation), face-to-face payment (finance), to bring witnesses face to face (law), to confront witnesses face to face.

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Crosswords: Face-to-face

English words defined with "face-to-face": confrontationencounterface to faceoppositeshowdownvis-a-vis. (references)
Specialty definitions using "face-to-face": CAPIdictation periodelectronic meetingF2F, face time, face-to-face communicationlivelockpersonal visit, pile carpet, PVtapestry velvet carpet, textile floor covering with pile. (references)

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Modern Usage: Face-to-face

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Face-to-face. Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (The Parent Trap; writing credit: Erich Kstner; David Swift)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Face-to-face

DomainTitle

Books

  • The New Conceptual Selling: The Most Effective and Proven Method for Face-To-Face Sales Planning (reference)

  • Face-to-face dimensions for separable flanged globe-style control valves : (ANSI classes 150, 300, and 600) (reference)

  • Politeness in Chinese Face-to-Face Interaction: (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Face-to-face

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Their work can range from getting people to use E-mail instead of written messages to using video-conferencing instead of face-to-face meetings. (references)

These annual meetings offer local companies the opportunity to meet face-to-face with leading equipment manufacturers and to stay abreast of major industry developments. (references)

For training, for example, with applications such as real time face-to-face training it is not practical to use the Internet as the sole medium of delivery because of bandwidth constraints, but a combination of satellite and the Internet is ideal. (references)

Economic History

Ghana

Ghanaians like regular, face-to-face contact and personal visits are warmly welcomed. (references)

Japan

The Japanese prefer to do business with someone only when they have been properly introduced and have met face-to-face. (references)

Hong Kong

Initial sales require more face-to-face contact as Asians generally place a premium on developing personal connections. (references)

Human Rights

Peru

Face-to-face consultations by inmates with their attorneys are rare. (references)

Travel

Nigeria

In Nigeria, important business is conducted face-to-face. (references)

Spain

There is no substitute for face-to-face meetings with Spanish business representatives to break into this market. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Face-to-face

"Face-to-face" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 86.81% of the time. "Face-to-face" is used about 144 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)86.81%12528,650
Noun (singular)12.5%1882,615
Noun (proper)0.69%1339,140
                    Total100.00%144N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Face-to-face

Language Translations for "face-to-face"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

forbindelse med metal mod metal uden pakningsmateriale (face-to-face joint), dobbelttæppe med pålimet luv (face-to-face bonded pile carpet, face-to-face bonded-pile carpet), dobbelt-tæppe (face-to-face carpet), dobbelttæppe (cord carpet, face-to-face carpet), direkte kommunikation (direct communication, face-to-face communication), betaling på salgsstedet (face-to-face payment). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verbinding met metaal op metaaldichting (face-to-face joint), rechtstreekse communicatie (direct communication, face-to-face communication), directe betaling (face-to-face payment). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

face-to-face-menetelmällä valmistettu liimalla sidottu matto (face-to-face bonded pile carpet, face-to-face bonded-pile carpet), face-to-face-menetelmällä kudottu matto (face-to-face carpet). (various references)

   

French

  

tapis double (face-to-face carpet), paiement face face (face-to-face payment), paiement de contact (face-to-face payment), moquette tissée double-pièce (face-to-face carpet), moquette nappée double pièce (face-to-face bonded pile carpet, face-to-face bonded-pile carpet), joint métal sur métal (face-to-face joint), communication directe (face-to-face communication). (various references)

   

German

  

Zahlung an Ort und Stelle (face-to-face payment), Klebpolteppich (face-to-face bonded pile carpet, face-to-face bonded-pile carpet), Hand-zu-Hand Zahlung (face-to-face payment), Doppelteppich (cord carpet, face-to-face carpet, three-shot wilton carpet), Doppel-Bahn-Verfahren (face-to-face bonded pile carpet, face-to-face bonded-pile carpet), direkte Kommunikation (direct communication, face-to-face communication), dichtungslose Metallverbindung (face-to-face joint). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σύνδεσμος μετάλλου με μέταλλο (face-to-face joint), πληρωμή "πρόσωπο με πρόσωπο", χαλί ντούμπλε-φας (face-to-face carpet), χαλί διπλής όψης (face-to-face carpet), άμεση επικοινωνία (direct communication, face-to-face communication), αρμός μετάλλου με μέταλλο (face-to-face joint), διπλό χαλί με πέλος (face-to-face bonded pile carpet, face-to-face bonded-pile carpet), διπλό χαλί (face-to-face carpet). (various references)

   

Italian

  

tappeto a doppia faccia (face-to-face carpet), pagamento effettuato di persona (face-to-face payment), giunto di metallo su metallo (face-to-face joint), comunicazione diretta (direct communication, face-to-face communication). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

向かい合わせ . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

むかいあわせ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ace-to-facefay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

tapete duplo (face-to-face carpet), pagamento "face a face, junta de metal com metal (face-to-face joint). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прямой (candid, direct, downright, erect, first hand, first-level, flat, forthright, free-spoken, lank, outright, outspoken, peer-to-peer, plain, plain dealer, straight, straight out, straightaway, straighted, straightforward, straight-out, up and down, upright). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

pago in situ (face-to-face payment), junta de metal con metal (face-to-face joint), comunicación directa (direct communication, face-to-face communication), alfombra tejida cara a cara (face-to-face carpet), alfombra doble (face-to-face carpet), alfombra de doble cara (face-to-face carpet). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ansikte mot ansikte (face to face). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เผชิญหน้ากัน. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Face-to-face

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-f-f-o-t"

-2 letters: coeffect.

-3 letters: catface.

-4 letters: affect, coatee, coffee, efface, effect, facete, toffee.

-5 letters: aceta, cacao, caeca, coact, facet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Face-to-face


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 61 63 65 2D 74 6F 2D 66 61 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01100001 01100011 01100101 00101101 01110100 01101111 00101101 01100110 01100001 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#97 &#99 &#101 &#45 &#116 &#111 &#45 &#102 &#97 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0061 0063 0065 002D 0074 006F 002D 0066 0061 0063 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

406769711586811572676971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Translations: Modern
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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