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face

Definition for face

noun as in front of something; expression, exterior

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air, aspect, light, look, mask, surface, top

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appearance, cast, clock, countenance, dial, disguise, display, facet, features, finish, frontage, frontal, frontispiece, frown, glower, grimace, guise, kisser, lineaments, makeup, map, mug, obverse, paint, physiognomy, pout, presentation, profile, scowl, seeming, semblance, show, showing, silhouette, simulacrum, smirk, visage

noun as in pretense, nerve

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air, cheek, front, mask

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audacity, boldness, brass, chutzpah, cloak, confidence, cover, disguise, effrontery, facade, façade, gall, impertinence, impudence, presumption, semblance, show, veil

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noun as in authority, status

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dignity, honor, prestige, reputation, self-respect, standing

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social position

verb as in come up against a situation

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allow, challenge, confront, deal with, encounter, endure, experience, fight, meet, oppose, risk, run into, suffer, take

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abide, accost, affront, bear, beard, brace, brave, brook, contend, countenance, court, cross, dare, defy, eyeball, resist, stand, stomach, submit, sustain, swallow, tolerate, venture, withstand

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be confronted by, bit the bullet, cope with, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, square off, take it, take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off

verb as in be opposite; look at

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confront, meet, watch

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border, front, gaze, glare, overlook, stare

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be turned toward, front onto

verb as in put paint or finish on

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clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, refinish, remodel, sheathe, shingle, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer

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Yet it's those workers and apprentices who now face an uncertain future.

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Harjinder now faces manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges in Florida and has been denied bail.

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They face competition from the school-based Abbott Elementary, romantic comedy Nobody Wants This, and crime mystery Only Murders in the Building.

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"Digital wallets on smartphones face no limits, so why should cards be stuck in the past?"

From BBC

What seemed like an impossible matchup a few years ago is now a reality: Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez and Terence “Bud” Crawford will face off in a fight that promises to break audience records.

From Los Angeles Times

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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