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face-to-faceˌface-to-ˈface adjective [only before noun]   - This was the first face-to-face meeting the two leaders have had.
- He will attach great importance to face-to-face meetings and so will his constituents.
- Here, his old taste for face-to-face encounters was complemented by his mastery of the new mass medium of television.
- On-line mediation did not find much support-the respondents said the psychology of mediation was better suited to face-to-face discussions.
- The warring sides finally came face-to-face at a meeting designed to help them settle their differences.
- They had met there before for face-to-face debriefings during Operation Steeplechase, and the routine was always the same.
- Why couldn't they just tell him things face-to-face?
- You also appreciated the face-to-face briefings and, especially, the commitment to regular communications.
NOUN► contact· At least when face-to-face contact is made you are fairly certain that the message gets through.· Inevitably there is less face-to-face contact between members and communication must often take place via staff.· However, if you have creative ideas and good material, face-to-face contact is by no means necessary.· At the same time, most people's daily lives and face-to-face contacts remain relatively limited to small-scale localities. ► interaction· Those interested in functional explanations of linguistic phenomena ought then to have a considerable interest in the systematics of face-to-face interaction. ► interview· The researchers will read and analyse the written material and will follow up some responses with face-to-face interviews.· That provided a large data set based on face-to-face interviews, self-completion questionnaires and physical surveys. ► meeting· He will attach great importance to face-to-face meetings and so will his constituents.· But face-to-face meetings require arduous journeying.· In face-to-face meetings all the visual signals are a great aid to getting on the same wavelength with some one.· This is an individual meeting or series of face-to-face meetings with consultants.· Counsellors are reached by telephone and face-to-face meetings can be quickly arranged if wanted.· Telephoning is cheaper than face-to-face meeting, mainly because of savings on travelling expenses. a face-to-face meeting, conversation etc is one where you are with another person and talking to them:  a face-to-face interview → face to face at face1(7) |