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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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Example Sentences

Recycling that history and enmity, should provide plenty of white heat to power England's defence in the face of Mbonambi and the Boks.

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Tyson had refused to engage with Paul's goading for much of fight week, but slapped his opponent across the face, prompting security and team members to rush in to separate the fighters.

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Once inside, many of those fans took a swing on a boxing punch machine depicting Paul's face.

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“He will face strong special interest opposition on these, but I look forward to partnering with him to truly make America healthy again.”

From Salon

“This should not be surprising given that children from better-off groups in India have access to more calories and face a better disease environment,” the authors say.

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

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