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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. prep. Face to face with; opposite to.
  2. prep. Compared with.
  3. prep. In relation to.
  4. adv. Face to face.
  5. n. One that is face to face with or opposite to another.
  6. n. A date or an escort, as at a party.
  7. n. One that has the same functions and characteristics as another; a counterpart.

Wiktionary

  1. prep. In relation to; compared with;
  2. prep. Opposite, across from, set so as to be facing.
  3. n. historical A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other.
  4. n. One of two (or more) people facing or opposite each other during a formal dance, at a dinner table etc.
  5. n. A date or escort in a social event.
  6. n. A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation; a counterpart.
  7. adj. face-to-face
  8. adj. in relation to
  9. adj. numismatics, of a coin having two portraits facing each other
  10. adv. face to face (with another)
  11. adv. archaic In a position facing a specified or implied subject.

Etymologies

  1. From French vis-à-vis ("face-to-face"). (Wiktionary)
  2. French : vis, face + à, to. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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