Définition de face en anglais

be in someone's face
in your face
disappear off the face of the earth
keep a straight face
someone's face doesn't fit
someone's face falls
the face of something
get out of my face!
have a face like the back end of a bus
in the face of something

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off your face
on the face of it
to someone's face

face

verb

/feɪs/ us

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face verb (DEAL WITH)

B2 [ T ]

If you face a problem, or a problem faces you, you have to deal with it:

This is one of the many problems faced by working mothers.

Passengers could face long delays.

be faced with You're faced with a very difficult choice there.

B2 [ T ]

to accept that something unpleasant is true and start to deal with the situation:

face the fact that I think Phil has to face the fact that she no longer loves him.

face facts We have to face facts here - we simply don't have enough money.

face the truth He's dying but he refuses to face the truth.

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to accept or continue in a situation that is difficult or unpleasant

bearI will bear the responsibility for whatever happens.
endureShe endured years of hip pain before seeing a surgeon.
sufferShe suffers from severe asthma.
acceptI have finally accepted that I can't change who he is.
resign yourself toI have resigned myself to the fact that I'll never work again.
become resigned toPeople have become resigned to the fact that increased security means much longer wait times at airports.

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can't face something/doing something

to not want to do or deal with something unpleasant:

I can't face walking up all those steps again.

C2 [ T ]

to deal with someone when the situation between you is difficult:

She half hoped he would not find her, though she knew she would have to face him sooner or later.

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Some of the leaders of the coup took their lives rather than face dishonour.
Teachers who fail to fall in line with the new regulations may face dismissal.
There's a law to protect refugees from forcible return to countries where they face persecution.
He is fighting extradition to Hong Kong to face trial on fraud charges.
I can't face the hassle of moving house again.

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Dealing with things or people

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face verb (TURN TOWARDS)

B1 [ I usually + adv/prep, T ]

to turn or be turned towards something physically; to be opposite something:

The balcony faced towards the sea.

Our apartment faces south.

Their houses face each other across the street.

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He made towards the door, but stopped and turned to face me.
The balcony faces west.
She turned around so that she was facing her opponent.
She wheeled round to face him and saw him take out a gun.
The window of their hotel room faced the sea.

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Direction of motion

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face verb (BUILDING)

[ T ]

If you face a building, you put an extra layer in front of what is already there:

be faced in The house was built of wood but faced in brick.

be faced with The richly decorated interior of the temple is faced with marble and mosaic.

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Covering and adding layers

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Building: construction work & workers

Locutions

face the music

let's face it

Verbes à particule

face someone/something down
face off
face up to something

(Définition de face depuis le Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

«face» en anglais américain

face

noun [ C ]

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face noun [C] (HEAD)

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the front of the head including the eyes, nose, and mouth:

Cal hid his face in his hands.

face noun [C] (FRONT)

the front or surface of an object:

We climbed the north face of Mount Washington.

The face of a clock or a watch is the surface that has the numbers or marks on it that show what time it is.

Locutions

at face value
face the music
face-to-face (with someone)
face-to-face (with something)
in your face
in the face of something
on the face of it
to someone’s face

face

verb

/feɪs/

face verb (DEAL WITH)

[ T ]

to deal with a difficult situation:

They are faced with major financial problems.

I can’t face climbing those stairs again.

face verb (BE POSITIONED)

[ I/T ]

to have the front of something positioned toward, or to turn toward something or someone:

[ I always + adv/prep ] The balcony faces south.

[ T ] Please face the front of the room.

Verbe à particule

face down someone/something

(Définition de face depuis le Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Exemples de face

face

Sounds, visual images, and faces remind the players of people or events of the past.

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A possible extension of the method was also presented which takes into account qualitative sur face height information.

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Philosophical arguments address one of the most fundamental yet elusive questions facing behavioral scientists, namely, what constitutes a disorder?

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The sections have been photographed so that the lateral surface of the brain faces upwards with the ventrolateral edge of the brain to the left.

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But the great body of solar lines give, on the face of the returns, great difficulty in the relativity view.

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In approaching their prospects, network marketers enjoy the privilege of exploiting the element of intimacy by reducing the potential threat to their prospects' negative face.

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The transactions for both parties were done face to face (and privately) with the game administrator.

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Countries are facing this challenge in many different ways, but one common factor is the increasing reliance on electronics and systems.

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For metals, par t of the laser-evaporated material can then be redeposited on the sur face in and around the ablation site.

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One of the challenges facing simulation studies is to relate the molecular structures of channel components to the physiological properties of ion channels.

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The results suggest that many students are faced with a situation in which the cognitively demanding language of the classroom is beyond their grasp.

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Recently, for foreign, liberal commentators these marginal groups represent the authentic face of the nation, suffering urban decadence and state repression.

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It is also not unique in suffering high levels of air and water pollution and facing severe threats to its biological resources.

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We are not targeting accurate predictions in the face of drastic unseen-before changes in workload patterns.

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In this situation, voters face a standard inference problem of predicting the unobservable type (whether competent or not) of the incumbent from the observable policy.

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Collocations avec face

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changing face

The changing face of listening.

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cliff face

Several mosaics were acquired of the cliff face from a distance of about 300 m, and the computer automatically determined the three most interesting points in each mosaic.

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familiar face

When does the inner face advantage in familiar face recognition arise - and why?

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