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[ vee-zuh-vee; French vee-za-vee ] / ˌvi zəˈvi; French vi zaˈvi /
prepositioncompared with: The graph shows income vis-à-vis expenditures. in relation to or toward: The report is an examination of Japan’s foreign policy vis-à-vis its Asian neighbors. with regard to; concerning; about: I’ve read his comments vis-à-vis the role of the media in international conflicts. facing; opposite: We are now vis-à-vis the most famous painting in the Louvre. adverbface to face: They sat vis-à-vis at the table. adjectiveface-to-face: a vis-à-vis encounter. Numismatics. (of a coin) having two portraits facing each other. noun, plural vis-à-vis [vee-zuh-veez; French vee-za-vee]. /ˌvi zəˈviz; French vi zaˈvi/. a person face to face with or situated opposite to another: He offered a cigarette to his vis-à-vis. a date at a social affair: She introduced her vis-à-vis to the hostess. a person of equal authority, rank, or the like: my vis-à-vis in the Louisville office. a carriage in which the occupants sit face to face. Furniture. tête-à-tête (def. 2). Origin of vis-à-visFirst recorded in 1745–55; from French: literally, “face to face”; see visage Words nearby vis-à-visvisage, -visaged, visagiste, Visakhapatnam, Visalia, vis-à-vis, Visayan, Visayan Islands, Visby, Visc., viscacha Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for vis-à-visVis-a-vis writing, Exeter was the place I got interested in writing. Chang-rae Lee: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not only on the diplomatic level— i.e., vis-a-vis Europe or Israel, but also within Palestinian society. Losing Jerusalem Sewage Plant Could Prove Longer Term Win for Palestinians|Hillel Cohen|September 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST Leslie Warburton had replaced her mask, but the face she concealed was engraven upon the memory of her vis-a-vis. Dangerous Ground|Lawrence L. Lynch Captain Horton found his vis-a-vis a somewhat unsatisfactory companion. The Yellow Crayon|E. Phillips Oppenheim
My dear dad, you shall rattle up in your vis-a-vis, to the astonishment of all Garlick Hill. Fontainbleau|John O'Keeffe There are Chippendale chairs, with carved rosettes, in low relief, vis-a-vis with a child's slat-back chair. Historic Homes|Mary H. Northend Looking down he saw the lady's hand resting upon his knee, and he straightway utilized the forefinger of his vis-a-vis. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12|Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for vis-à-vis
prepositionin relation to; regarding face to face with; opposite noun plural vis-à-visa person or thing that is situated opposite to another a person who corresponds to another in office, capacity, etc; counterpart an upholstered sofa; tête-à-tête a type of horse-drawn carriage in which the passengers sit opposite one another a coin having an obverse upon which two portraits appear facing each other Word Origin for vis-à-visC18: French, from vis face Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to vis-à-visfacing, date, escort, opposite, face to face, versus Cultural definitions for vis-à-vis
Relative to; compared with: “She performed well vis-à-vis the rest of the competitors.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |