"face-to-face" meaning in English

See face-to-face in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: face + to + face Etymology templates: {{m|en|face}} face, {{m|en|to}} to, {{m|en|face}} face Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} face-to-face (not comparable)
  1. In one another's presence. Tags: not-comparable Translations (in another's presence): মুখোমুখি (mukhōmukhi) (Bengali), mezi čtyřma očima (Czech), henkilökohtainen (Finnish), unter vier Augen (German), रूबरू (rūbrū) (Hindi), twarzą w twarz (Polish), w cztery oczy (Polish), sam na sam (Polish), na osobności (Polish), cara-a-cara (Portuguese), faz a faz (Spanish), cara a cara (Spanish), pangita (Tagalog), harapan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-face-to-face-en-adj-2LOhjiPW

Adverb

Etymology: face + to + face Etymology templates: {{m|en|face}} face, {{m|en|to}} to, {{m|en|face}} face Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} face-to-face (not comparable)
  1. While physically present. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-face-to-face-en-adv-D4mYFv15

Noun

Forms: face-to-faces [plural]
Etymology: face + to + face Etymology templates: {{m|en|face}} face, {{m|en|to}} to, {{m|en|face}} face Head templates: {{en-noun|head=face-to-face}} face-to-face (plural face-to-faces)
  1. A meeting, especially a meeting between two people conducted in person as opposed to a meeting conducted at a distance through technology. Synonyms: face to face
    Sense id: en-face-to-face-en-noun-BJK48FVM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 2 62 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 4 67 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 33 12 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 6 64

Inflected forms

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