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vis-à-vis
[ vee-zuh-vee; French vee-za-vee ]
preposition
- compared with:
The graph shows income vis-à-vis expenditures.
- in relation to or toward:
The report is an examination of Japan’s foreign policy vis-à-vis its Asian neighbors.
- with regard to; concerning; about:
I’ve read his comments vis-à-vis the role of the media in international conflicts.
- facing; opposite:
We are now vis-à-vis the most famous painting in the Louvre.
adverb
- face to face:
They sat vis-à-vis at the table.
adjective
- face-to-face:
a vis-à-vis encounter.
- Numismatics. (of a coin) having two portraits facing each other.
noun
, plural vis-à-vis [vee-z, uh, -, veez, vee-z, a, -, vee].
- a person face to face with or situated opposite to another:
He offered a cigarette to his vis-à-vis.
- a date at a social affair:
She introduced her vis-à-vis to the hostess.
- a person of equal authority, rank, or the like:
my vis-à-vis in the Louisville office.
- a carriage in which the occupants sit face to face.
- Furniture. tête-à-tête ( def 2 ).
vis-à-vis
/ ˌviːzɑːˈviː /
preposition
- in relation to; regarding
- face to face with; opposite
adverb
- face to face; opposite
noun
- a person or thing that is situated opposite to another
- a person who corresponds to another in office, capacity, etc; counterpart
- an upholstered sofa; tête-à-tête
- a type of horse-drawn carriage in which the passengers sit opposite one another
- a coin having an obverse upon which two portraits appear facing each other
vis-à-vis
- Relative to; compared with: “She performed well vis-à-vis the rest of the competitors.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vis-à-vis1
First recorded in 1745–55; from French: literally, “face to face”; visage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vis-à-vis1
C18: French, from vis face
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