Meaning

1 senses

  1. To confront a condition or situation, typically one that is unpleasant or uncomfortable.

    We must all face up to the fact that we're not getting any younger.

    sich etwas stellen

Examples

224 sentences

  1. Your face is familiar to me.

    Твоє обличчя мені знайоме. — deniko

    ruТвоё лицо мне знакомо. — shanghainese

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  2. Two men met face to face.

    Двоє чоловіків зустрілися лицем до лиця. — rmdas

    ruДвое встретились лицом к лицу. — Hellerick

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  3. At last, they met face to face.

    Нарешті вони зустрілися віч-на-віч. — deniko

    ruВ конце концов они встретились с глазу на глаз. — Hellerick

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  4. My house faces to the south.

    ruМой дом выходит на юг. — Lenin_1917

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  5. We sat down face to face.

    ruМы сели лицом к лицу. — Biga

    deWir setzten uns einander gegenüber. — mayabe

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to confront:

Forms

faces up to, facing up to, faced up to, faced up to
Base formface up to · to face up to
3rd person singularfaces up to
Present participlefacing up to
Past simplefaced up to
Past participlefaced up to

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyface up to
he, she, itfaces up to

Past simpleLesson

all personsfaced up to

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave faced up to
he, she, ithas faced up to

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill face up to

Synonyms

2 synonyms
bite the biscuitbite the bullet

Word family

2 related words
Relatedface factsown up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
facadefaceA1facelessfaceliftfacet
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