'Face to face' definitions:
Definition of 'face to face'
From: WordNet
adverb
Involving close contact; confronting each other; "the boy and the policeman suddenly came face-to-face at the corner"; "they spoke face to face"
Definition of 'Face to face'
From: GCIDE
- Face \Face\ (f[=a]s), n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see Fact); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. Facetious.]
- 1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator. [1913 Webster]
- A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. --Gen. ii. 6. [1913 Webster]
- Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired. [1913 Webster]
- To set a face upon their own malignant design. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- This would produce a new face of things in Europe. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster]
- 6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance. [1913 Webster]
- In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. --Gen. iii. 19. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance. [1913 Webster]
- We set the best faceon it we could. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery. [1913 Webster]
- This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- 10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of. [1913 Webster]
- 11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. --Num. vi. 25. [1913 Webster]
- My face [favor] will I turn also from them. --Ezek. vii. 22. [1913 Webster]
- 12. (Mining) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done. [1913 Webster]
- 13. (Com.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount; most commonly called face value. --McElrath. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer. [1913 Webster]
- Face ague (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also {tic douloureux}.
- Face card, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack.
- Face cloth, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse.
- Face guard, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc.
- Face hammer, a hammer having a flat face.
- Face joint (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure.
- Face mite (Zool.), a small, elongated mite ({Demdex folliculorum}), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face.
- Face mold, the templet or pattern by which carpenters, etc., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, etc.
- Face plate. (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached. (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock. (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. --Knight.
- Face wheel. (Mach.) (a) A crown wheel. (b) A wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap.
- face value the value written on a financial instrument; same as face[13]. Also used metaphorically, to mean apparent value; as, to take his statemnet at its face value. [1913 Webster]
- Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves.
- Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface.
- Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle.
- Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification.
- Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle.
- Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm.
- Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square.
- Face of a watch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc.
- Face to face. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. "Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face." 1 --Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis [`a] vis; -- opposed to {back to back}.
- To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand.
- To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace; -- often expressing dislike, annoyance, or disagreement. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'face to face'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboveboard,
- adjacent,
- adjoining,
- at opposite extremes,
- back to back,
- before one,
- bordering,
- connecting,
- conterminous,
- contiguous,
- contrariwise,
- contrary,
- coterminous,
- counter,
- end to end,
- endways,
- endwise,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- immediate,
- in broad daylight,
- in open court,
- in plain sight,
- in plain view,
- in public,
- in public view,
- in the marketplace,
- in the open,
- joined,
- just opposite,
- juxtaposed,
- juxtapositional,
- juxtapositive,
- neighbor,
- neighboring,
- next,
- nose to nose,
- on the table,
- openly,
- opposite,
- overtly,
- poles apart,
- publicly,
- vis-a-vis
Words containing 'Face to face'
- Face,
- Face of a,
- Faced,
- Facing,
- Facingly,
- To face down,
- To the face,
- about face,
- face down,
- face off,
- face up,
- face up to,
- on the face of it,
- face-to-face,
- A straight face,
- Cylinder face,
- Face ague,
- Face card,
- Face cloth,
- Face guard,
- Face hammer,
- Face joint,
- Face mite,
- Face mold,
- Face of a bastion,
- Face of a gun,
- Face of a place,
- Face of a square,
- Face of an anvil,
- Face of coal,
- Face plate,
- Face wheel,
- Facing brick,
- Fleeten face,
- Hippocratic face,
- Moon face,
- Quarter face,
- To face a thing out,
- To face the music,
- To fly in the face of,
- To hide the face,
- To hide the face from,
- To look in the face,
- To make a face,
- To make up a face,
- To stare in the face,
- Valve face,
- Wry face,
- about-face,
- blue in the face,
- bold face,
- bold faced,
- clock face,
- face angle,
- face cream,
- face fungus,
- face lift,
- face lifting,
- face mask,
- face pack,
- face powder,
- face recognition,
- face saver,
- face saving,
- face soap,
- face the music,
- face time,
- face towel,
- face value,
- face veil,
- face-off,
- facing pages,
- false face,
- fly in the face of,
- hatchet face,
- human face,
- in-your-face,
- long face,
- long faced,
- make a face,
- poker face,
- poker faced,
- pudding face,
- pull a face,
- red faced,
- slap in the face,
- stone faced,
- stone facing,
- straight face,
- straight faced,
- suck face,
- two faced,
- volte face,
- Bald-faced,
- Bell-faced,
- Black-faced,
- Bold-faced,
- Chub-faced,
- Copper-faced,
- Cream-faced,
- Dog-faced,
- Double-faced,
- Dough-faced,
- False-faced,
- Fiber-faced,
- Fibre-faced,
- Glass-faced,
- Half-faced,
- Janus-faced,
- Lean-faced,
- Moon-faced,
- Mulberry-faced,
- Pitch-faced,
- Platter-faced,
- Pug-faced,
- Putty-faced,
- Quarry-faced,
- Sheep-faced,
- Smock-faced,
- Tallow-face,
- Tallow-faced,
- To straighten one's face,
- Weasel-faced,
- Whey-faced,
- White-face,
- Wizen-faced,
- automatic face recognition,
- baby-faced,
- brazen-faced,
- dirty-faced,
- face-harden,
- face-lift,
- face-saving,
- full-face,
- hatchet-faced,
- long-faced,
- pale-faced,
- po-faced,
- poker-faced,
- pudding-face,
- rain-in-the-face,
- red-faced,
- right-about-face,
- round-faced,
- sad-faced,
- smooth-faced,
- stone life face,
- stone-face,
- sweet-faced,
- two-faced,
- volte-face,
- Bald-faced widgeon,
- Dog-faced baboon,
- Janus-faced lock,
- Sea-coal facing,
- To cause the face to shine upon,
- To make the face to shine upon,
- bald-faced hornet,
- black-faced crow,
- open-face sandwich,
- open-faced watch,
- white-faced hornet,
- face-amount certificate company