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in face of

in face of is the alternative form of in the face of.

Meaning of in the face of

Preposition

in the face of

  1. When confronted with.
    • in the face of growing pressure, the company changed its logo
  2. Despite; against; contrary to.
    • They declare ringing confirmation for their theories even in the face of feeble data.1999 March 20, Natalie Angiers, The Guardian
  3. (archaic) On the face of.

Questions about in face of

What is in face of the alternative form of?
In face of is the alternative form of in the face of.

Words near in face of in the dictionary

  1. in executivis
  2. in existence
  3. in extenso
  4. in extenuation of
  5. in extremis
  6. in face of
  7. in fact
  8. in fairness
  9. in faith
  10. in fashion
  11. in favor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in face of (page history and authors); in the face of (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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