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vis-à-vis

/viz.ɑˈvi/

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What does vis-à-vis mean?

preposition

  1. In relation to; compared with.
  2. Opposite; across from; set so as to be facing.

noun

  1. A sofa with seats for two people, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides.
More meanings (8)

noun

  1. One of two (or more) people facing or opposite each other.
  2. A date or escort in a social event.
  3. A person holding a corresponding position in another organisation.
  4. (historical) A small horse-drawn carriage for two people sitting facing each other.

adjective

  1. Face-to-face.
  2. Having two portraits facing each other.

adverb

  1. Face to face (with another).
  2. (archaic) In a position facing a specified or implied subject.

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IPA pronunciation

/viz.ɑˈvi/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/viz.əˈvi/
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Having recognized the lady by her voice,--it was much too dark to see faces,--as one of my vis-à-vis at the purser's table, I said,--"Surely you are Miss ----?"
Lawrence BeesleyThe Loss of the S. S. Titanic: Its Story and Its LessonsProject Gutenberg ebook #6675
He did not notice the strange smile on the face of his fair vis-à-vis, so intent was he on the work of destruction; perhaps, had he done so, the look of relief would have faded from his face.
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness OrczyThe Scarlet PimpernelProject Gutenberg ebook #60
More book examples (2)
Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending; so his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch and a pair of grim shaggy sheep-dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements.
Emily BrontëWuthering HeightsProject Gutenberg ebook #768
These owners of the two most appreciative throats in the neighbourhood, on this side of respectability, were now sitting face to face over a three-legged circular table, having an iron rim to keep cups and pots from being accidentally elbowed off; they might have been said to resemble the setting sun and the full moon shining vis-à-vis across the globe.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27