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Meaning of 'vis-a-vis' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vis-a-vis [ adv.]
- Face to face.
2 . Vis-a-vis [ n.]
- One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing.
- A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.

Meaning of 'vis-a-vis' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vis-a-vis [ r]
Meaning (1):
- face-to-face with; literally `face to face'
Example in sentence:
  • I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman;
  • they sat vis-a-vis at the table

Nearby Words:

vis visa visaed visage visaged visaing visard viscacha viscera visceral

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