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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
- 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.”
Word History and Origins
Origin of vis-à-vis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of vis-à-vis1
Example Sentences
Vis-a-vis writing, Exeter was the place I got interested in writing.
Not only on the diplomatic level— i.e., vis-a-vis Europe or Israel, but also within Palestinian society.
The U.S. has three goals vis-a-vis Iran: minimalist, maximalist and in-between.
My fair vis-a-vis looked me now full in the face and smiled, so that a dimple in her right cheek was plainly visible.
Two couples were seated vis-a-vis, the men apparently making fun of a "pony" coat one of the girls was wearing.
Looking down he saw the lady's hand resting upon his knee, and he straightway utilized the forefinger of his vis-a-vis.
M. Rubempré ordered both sherry and claret, and then filled the glasses of his vis-a-vis and his own.
I set myself to examine my vis-a-vis, dividing my attention between picturesque studies and studies physiognomical.
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