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facing

/ˈfeɪsɪŋ/

facing adjective: positioned so as to face (in a particular direction). Also the present participle and gerund of face.

Adjective

facing (not comparable)

  1. Positioned so as to face (in a particular direction)
    • (Concluded on facing page)
  2. Diverging in the direction of travel.

Noun

facing (plural facings)

  1. The most external portion of exterior siding.
  2. Fabric applied to a garment edge on the underside.
  3. A powdered substance, such as charcoal or bituminous coal, applied to the face of a mould, or mixed with the sand that forms it, to give a fine smooth surface to the casting.
  4. (in plural) The collar and cuffs of a military coat, commonly of a different colour from the rest of the coat.
    • Red coats were worn by the King's Life Guards and Queen's Life Guards in 1645, while other regiments wore white, blue or grey. Prince Rupert's Footguards wore scarlet, and in Cromwell's army some wore scarlet coats with different facings.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 189
  5. (plural-normally) The movement of soldiers by turning on their heels to the right, left, or about.

Also used as

facing is also the present participle and gerund of face.

facing meaning in Telugu and Malayalam

facing in Telugu

ఎదుర్కుంటూ, ఎదుర్కొంటున్నది, ఎదుర్కుంటున్నారు

facing in Malayalam

അഭിമുഖീകരിക്കുന്നു

Examples of facing in a sentence

  • I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do.
  • Jones fouled the ball off the facing of the upper deck.
  • The city council was facing the pitchforks once the public had realized what the new ordinance entailed.

All 40 example sentences with facing

Antonyms of facing

Forms of facing

pluralfacings

Words formed from facing

Phrases with facing

Words that rhyme with facing

2 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about facing

What does facing mean?
Facing means positioned so as to face (in a particular direction).
What is facing in Telugu?
Facing in Telugu is ఎదుర్కుంటూ, ఎదుర్కొంటున్నది, ఎదుర్కుంటున్నారు. See Facing meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is facing?
Facing can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce facing?
Facing is pronounced /ˈfeɪsɪŋ/.

Words near facing in the dictionary

  1. facilizations
  2. facilize
  3. facilized
  4. facilizes
  5. facilizing
  6. facing
  7. facing down
  8. facing facts
  9. facing off
  10. facing out
  11. facing points

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: facing (page history and authors); facing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); facing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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