'Vis-a-vis' definitions:
Definition of 'vis-a-vis'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Face-to-face with; literally `face to face'; "they sat vis-a-vis at the table"; "I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman"
noun
A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another [syn: counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis]
noun
Definition of 'Vis-a-vis'
From: GCIDE
- Vis-a-vis \Vis`-a-vis"\, adv. Face to face. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vis-a-vis'
From: GCIDE
- Vis-a-vis \Vis`-a-vis"\, n. [F., opposite, face to face.]
- 1. One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides. [1913 Webster]