'face-to-face' definitions:

Definition of 'face-to-face'

(from WordNet)
adverb
Within each other's presence; "she met the president face-to-face"
adverb
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" [syn: face-to-face, opposite]
adjective
In each other's presence; "a face-to-face encounter"

Definition of 'face-to-face'

From: GCIDE
  • face-to-face \face-to-face\ adj.
  • 1. without intervening persons; involving direct communication between persons in each other's presence; -- of conversation or confrontation; as, face-to-face negotiations.
  • Syn: person-to-person. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  • 2. having the front parts facing each other. [PJC]