"in the face of" meaning in English

See in the face of in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in the face of.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in the face of, {{en-PP}} in the face of
  1. when confronted with
    Sense id: en-in_the_face_of-en-prep_phrase-WjD44-Tv
  2. despite, against, contrary to Translations (Translations): tváří v tvář (Czech), s ohledem na (Czech), angesichts (German), w obliczu (Polish)
    Sense id: en-in_the_face_of-en-prep_phrase-5KMoGXHF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 59 12 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 28 56 17 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 54 19 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 34 63 3
  3. (archaic or law) on the face of Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: fly in the face of, in face of, spit in the face of
    Sense id: en-in_the_face_of-en-prep_phrase-Tp18566c

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