"head-to-head" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/, /ˌhɛd tə ˈhɛd/ Forms: more head-to-head [comparative], most head-to-head [superlative], head to head [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} head-to-head (comparative more head-to-head, superlative most head-to-head)
  1. Direct, one-to-one.
    Sense id: en-head-to-head-en-adj-e2ve8hMS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 38 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 28 36

Adverb

IPA: /ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/, /ˌhɛd tə ˈhɛd/ Forms: head to head [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} head-to-head (not comparable)
  1. Facing one another. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-head-to-head-en-adv-Tchp77px Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 38 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 28 36
  2. Directly, one-to-one. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-head-to-head-en-adv-wxhi0zHl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 36 38 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 35 26 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 28 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 26 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 21 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 33 20 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 25 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 22 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 21 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 33 20 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 21 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 25 18 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 33 20 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tête-à-tête Translations (head-to-head): وَجْهًا لِوَجْه (wajhan li-wajh) (Arabic), 面對面 /面对面 (miànduìmiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 當面 /当面 (dāngmiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), tête-à-tête (French), tête-à-tête (German), unter vier Augen (German), 内緒の (naisho-no) (alt: ないしょの) (Japanese), 二人っきり (futarikkiri) (alt: ふたりっきり) (Japanese), 相対の (aitai-no) (alt: あいたいの) (Japanese), тет-а-те́т (tɛt-a-tɛ́t) (Russian), с гла́зу на́ глаз (s glázu ná glaz) (Russian), cabeza a cabeza (Spanish), віч-на́-віч (vič-ná-vič) (Ukrainian), сам на́ сам (sam ná sam) (Ukrainian), тет-а-те́т (tet-a-tét) (Ukrainian)
Coordinate_terms: arm-in-arm, back-to-back, cheek-by-jowl, cheek-to-cheek, ear-to-ear, elbow-to-elbow, end-to-end, eye-to-eye, face-to-face, hand-to-hand, mouth-to-mouth, nose-to-nose, shoulder-to-shoulder, side-by-side, toe-to-toe Disambiguation of 'head-to-head': 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "form": "more head-to-head",
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    },
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      "form": "most head-to-head",
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      "ipa": "/ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/"
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      "ipa": "/ˌhɛd tə ˈhɛd/"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wajhan li-wajh",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "وَجْهًا لِوَجْه"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miànduìmiàn",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "面對面 /面对面"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "roman": "dāngmiàn",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
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      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "tête-à-tête"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "tête-à-tête"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
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      "alt": "ないしょの",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "naisho-no",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "内緒の"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "ふたりっきり",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "futarikkiri",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "二人っきり"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "あいたいの",
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      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "相対の"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "tɛt-a-tɛ́t",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "тет-а-те́т"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "s glázu ná glaz",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "с гла́зу на́ глаз"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "cabeza a cabeza"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vič-ná-vič",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "віч-на́-віч"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "sam ná sam",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "сам на́ сам"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "тет-а-те́т"
    }
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}
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      "ipa": "/ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɛd tə ˈhɛd/"
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      "roman": "miànduìmiàn",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dāngmiàn",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
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      "sense": "head-to-head",
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      "sense": "head-to-head",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "unter vier Augen"
    },
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      "alt": "ないしょの",
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      "roman": "naisho-no",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "内緒の"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "futarikkiri",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "二人っきり"
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    {
      "alt": "あいたいの",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "aitai-no",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "相対の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tɛt-a-tɛ́t",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "тет-а-те́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "s glázu ná glaz",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "с гла́зу на́ глаз"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "cabeza a cabeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vič-ná-vič",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "віч-на́-віч"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sam ná sam",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "сам на́ сам"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tet-a-tét",
      "sense": "head-to-head",
      "word": "тет-а-те́т"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-21 using wiktextract (7c21d10 and f2e72e5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.