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Vis-a-vis

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Noun

1. counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis

a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

2. love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete, vis-a-vis

small sofa that seats two people

Adverb

3. vis-a-vis

face-to-face with; literally face to face'

Example Sentences:
'they sat vis-a-vis at the table'
'I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Vis-a-vis

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preposition
1. 
in relation to; regarding
2. 
face to face with; opposite
adverb, adjective
3. 
face to face; opposite
nounWord forms: plural vis-à-vis
4. 
a person or thing that is situated opposite to another
5. 
a person who corresponds to another in office, capacity, etc; counterpart
6. 
an upholstered sofa; tête-à-tête
7. 
a type of horse-drawn carriage in which the passengers sit opposite one another
8. 
a coin having an obverse upon which two portraits appear facing each other

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Vis-a-vis

see synonyms of vis-a-vis
adjective, adverb
1. 
face to face; opposite
preposition
2. 
face to face with; opposite
3. 
in comparison with
4. 
in relation to; with regard to
nounWord forms: plural ˌvis-ˈà-vis (ˌvizəˈviz ; vēˌzəvēzˈ; ˌvizəˈvi ; vēˌzəvēˈ)
5. 
a. 
a person who is face to face with another
b. 
one's opposite number or counterpart
6. 
a. 
an 18th-cent. and early 19th-cent. carriage with facing seats
b. 
tête-à-tête (sense 2)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Vis-a-vis

see synonyms of vis-a-vis
prep.
1. Face to face with; opposite to.
2. Compared with.
3. In relation to.
adv.
Face to face.
n. pl. vis-à-vis (-vēz, -vē)
1. One that is face to face with or opposite to another.
2. A date or an escort, as at a party.
3. One that has the same functions and characteristics as another; a counterpart.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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