Meaning

1 senses

  1. (figuratively, rare)To cover or disguise an outward appearance.

Examples

31 sentences

  1. His friendship was only a facade.

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  2. This house has a new facade.

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  3. The building has a brick facade.

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  4. Only the facade has been renovated.

    ruОтреставрирован был только фасад. — marafon

    deRenoviert worden ist nur die Fassade. — mhr

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  5. This house has got a new facade.

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Origin

Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from

Borrowed from French façade, from Italian facciata, a derivation of faccia (“front”), from Latin faciēs (“face”); compare face.

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Forms

facades, facading, facaded, facaded
Base formfacade · to facade
3rd person singularfacades
Present participlefacading
Past simplefacaded
Past participlefacaded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfacade
he, she, itfacades

Past simpleLesson

all personsfacaded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave facaded
he, she, ithas facaded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill facade

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fabricateC2fabricationC2fabulousB2fabulouslyC1faceA1faceless

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