face-to-face

Thân thiện

They sat face-to-face at the small table to play a board game.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • In each other's presence; involving direct personal contact or interaction: Describes a situation, meeting, or encounter where people are physically together and directly interacting with each other.
2. Adverb:
   • Directly facing each other; in opposite positions: Describes the physical orientation of objects or people positioned with their fronts opposite one another.
   • In each other's presence; in direct personal contact: Describes the manner in which an interaction or meeting occurs, emphasizing physical co-presence.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • After months of emails, they finally had a face-to-face meeting.
  • The manager prefers face-to-face conversations for important feedback.
• Adverb:
  • The two rival leaders sat face-to-face at the negotiation table.
  • I need to speak with you face-to-face about this issue.
  • The ancient statues were placed face-to-face in the museum exhibit.

Advanced Usage

• "To come face-to-face with (someone/something)": To encounter someone or something directly and often unexpectedly.
  • While hiking, we came face-to-face with a bear.
  • The investigation forced him to come face-to-face with his past mistakes.

Variants and Related Words

• In-person (adj/adv): Often used synonymously with "face-to-face," especially for meetings or events. (e.g., ).
• Head-on (adj/adv): Literally or figuratively describing a direct, frontal confrontation. (e.g., , ).

Synonyms

• Adjective: Direct, personal, in-person.
• Adverb: Personally, directly, opposite, vis-à-vis.

Antonyms

• Adjective/Adverb: Remote, virtual, indirect, online, distant, back-to-back.

Related Phrases

• Face-to-face communication: Interaction that occurs in person, allowing for nonverbal cues like body language and tone of voice.
  • For complex discussions, face-to-face communication is often more effective.
• A face-to-face interview: An interview conducted with the candidate and interviewer in the same physical location.
  • The final stage of the hiring process is usually a face-to-face interview.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. in each other's presence
   • a face-to-face encounter

Adverb

1. 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
2. within each other's presence
   • she met the president face-to-face

Từ đồng nghĩa

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