face to face
face to face adverb: in person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
Adverb
face to face (not comparable)
- In person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
- He sounds intimidating over the phone, but if you meet him face to face you will find he is a friendly enough fellow.
- Turning in at the gate of Thornden Lodge, on her mission 'to inquire', Elsie Bellmark came face to face with a departing stranger […]1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- Synonyms:
- eyeball to eyeball, vis-à-vis
- Closely encountering (a thing or situation).
- Finally, there I was, face to face with death.
- We came face to face with the situation.
- Synonyms:
- head-on
face to face meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
face to face in Hindi
- in person
- आमने-सामने āmne-sāmne, सम्मुख sammukh, रूबरू rūbrū
face to face in Tamil
- in person
- நேருக்கு நேர் nērukku nēr, முகத்திற்கு முகம் mukattiṟku mukam
face to face in Urdu
- آمنے سامنے, رو برو
face to face in Bengali
- in person
- মুখোমুখি mukhōmukhi
More languagesFewer languages
- face to face in Telugu
- ముఖాముఖి mukhāmukhi
- face to face in Malayalam
- മുഖാമുഖം അഭിമുഖീകരിക്കുന്ന, സമ്മുഖമായ, സമ്മുഖ, ആമുഖം
- face to face in Kannada
- ಮುಖಾಮುಖಿಯಾಗಿ, ಎದುರೆದುರಾಗಿ, ತಲೆವತ್ತು
- face to face in Punjabi
- ਰੂਬਰੂ rūbrū
- face to face in Gujarati
- રૂબરૂ rūbrū, મોઢામોઢ moḍhāmoḍh
- face to face in Tagalog
- harapan
- face to face in Arabic
- وَجْهًا لِوَجْه wajhan li-wajh
- face to face in Malay
- bersemuka
- face to face in Indonesian
- tatap muka, wawanmuka, semuka
- face to face in Persian
- رو به رو ru be ru
- face to face in Vietnamese
- trực diện, trực tiếp
Synonyms of face to face
Forms of face to face
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Questions about face to face
- What does face to face mean?
- Face to face means in person; directly; in the physical presence of somebody.
- What is face to face in Hindi?
- Face to face in Hindi is आमने-सामने (āmne-sāmne), सम्मुख (sammukh), रूबरू (rūbrū). See Face to face meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is face to face?
- Face to face is an adverb.
Words near face to face in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: face to face (page history and authors); face to face (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); face to face (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); face to face (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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