FACE-TO-FACE


Meaning of FACE-TO-FACE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a face-to-face interview (= in which people meet in person )

I had to do a face-to-face interview followed by an entry test.

face-to-face contact (= talking to someone who is with you )

Certain types of jobs do not need face-to-face contact.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

contact

At least when face-to-face contact is made you are fairly certain that the message gets through.

Inevitably there is less face-to-face contact between members and communication must often take place via staff.

However, if you have creative ideas and good material, face-to-face contact is by no means necessary.

At the same time, most people's daily lives and face-to-face contacts remain relatively limited to small-scale localities.

interaction

Those interested in functional explanations of linguistic phenomena ought then to have a considerable interest in the systematics of face-to-face interaction .

interview

The researchers will read and analyse the written material and will follow up some responses with face-to-face interviews .

That provided a large data set based on face-to-face interviews , self-completion questionnaires and physical surveys.

meeting

He will attach great importance to face-to-face meetings and so will his constituents.

But face-to-face meetings require arduous journeying.

In face-to-face meetings all the visual signals are a great aid to getting on the same wavelength with some one.

This is an individual meeting or series of face-to-face meetings with consultants.

Counsellors are reached by telephone and face-to-face meetings can be quickly arranged if wanted.

Telephoning is cheaper than face-to-face meeting , mainly because of savings on travelling expenses.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

This was the first face-to-face meeting the two leaders have had.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He will attach great importance to face-to-face meetings and so will his constituents.

Here, his old taste for face-to-face encounters was complemented by his mastery of the new mass medium of television.

On-line mediation did not find much support-the respondents said the psychology of mediation was better suited to face-to-face discussions.

The warring sides finally came face-to-face at a meeting designed to help them settle their differences.

They had met there before for face-to-face debriefings during Operation Steeplechase, and the routine was always the same.

Why couldn't they just tell him things face-to-face ?

You also appreciated the face-to-face briefings and, especially, the commitment to regular communications.

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