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"Face" Definition

noun

A contorted facial expression; a grimace: made a face at the prospect of eating lemons.
A façade.
A marked side: the face of a clock; the face of a playing card.
A person: We saw many new faces on the first day of classes.
A planar surface of a geometric solid.

phrasal-verb

Face down To attain mastery over or overcome by confronting in a resolute, determined manner: face down an opponent in a debate; faced the enemy down.
Face off Sports To start play in ice hockey, lacrosse, and other games by releasing the puck or ball between two opposing players.
Face up To confront an unpleasant situation with resolution and assurance: had to face up or get out; finally faced up to the problem.

verb-transitive

Games To turn (a playing card) so that the face is up.
To be certain to encounter; have in store: An unskilled youth faces a difficult life.
To bring or to be brought face to face with: "The prospect of military conflict . . . faced us with nightmarish choices” ( Henry A. Kissinger).
To cause (troops) to change direction by giving a command.
To confront with complete awareness: had to face the facts.

idiom

In the face In opposition to or defiance of.
On the face of it From appearances alone; apparently: On the face of it, the problem seems minor.

verb-intransitive

To be turned or placed with the front toward a specified direction.
To turn the face in a specified direction.

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