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How to pronounce face in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms grimace
Type of facial expression, facial gesture
Has types wry face, moue, pout
Type Words
Synonyms case, font, fount, typeface
Type of type
Has types screen font, constant-width font, cartridge font, typewriter font, bicameral script, monospaced font, boldface, italic, raster font, proportional font, helvetica, gothic, bold face, font cartridge, fixed-width font, bold, black letter, sans serif, unicameral script
Type Words
Synonyms confront
Type of meet, encounter, take on, play
Has types take the bull by the horns, play off, front, oppose, pit, match, breast


Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring.
Type Words
Synonyms aspect, expression, facial expression, look
Type of visage, countenance
Has types leer, twinkle, spark, sparkle, light


an angry face.
Type Words
Synonyms side
Type of surface
Has types lee, leeward, back end, backside, beam-ends, top, top side, underside, undersurface, rear, upper side, forepart, front, upside, front end, windward, bottom, lee side
Derivation facial


dew dripped from the face of the leaf.
they travelled across the face of the continent.
Type Words
Synonyms front, look
Type of lie
Has types confront


The building faces the park.
Type Words
Synonyms human face
Type of external body part
Has types visage, kisser, physiognomy, phiz, smiler, countenance, mug
Derivation facial


he washed his face.
I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news.
Type Words
Synonyms boldness, brass, cheek, nerve
Type of aggressiveness
Has types audacity, audaciousness
Type Words
Synonyms confront, face up
Type of go about, approach, set about
Has types take on, undertake, tackle
Verb group confront, present


He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes.
Type Words
Synonyms confront, present
Verb group face up, confront


He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions.
An enormous dilemma faces us.
Type Words
Type of mortal, someone, somebody, person, soul, individual


he looked out at a roomful of faces.
when he returned to work he met many new faces.
Type Words
Type of vertical surface
Has types coalface, perpendicular
Type Words
Type of be
Verb group front, look


the two sofas face each other.
Type Words
Type of cover
Has types revet, reface
Derivation facing


The building was faced with beautiful stones.
Type Words
Type of line
Has types reface
Derivation facing


face the lapels of the jacket.
Type Words
Type of status, position


he lost face.
Type Words
Type of appearance, visual aspect


the face of the city is changing.
Type Words
Type of external body part
Has types muzzle
Derivation facial
Type Words
Type of front
Has types clock face, dial, clock dial


he dealt the cards face down.
Type Words
Type of surface
Type Words
Type of disclose, expose, uncover


face a playing card.
Type Words
Type of turn


Turn and face your partner now.

Examples of face

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Three years after that, the district would face a deficit of nearly $13 million.
From the dispatchpolitics.com
Their mother, Marcela, had broken bones in her face and was knocked unconscious.
From the dailyherald.com
The closet is one of the biggest organizational challenges a household can face.
From the abcnews.go.com
He said the victim was shot at least once in the face and twice in the buttocks.
From the stltoday.com
His district's bars face competition from nearby St. Louis and Jefferson County.
From the stltoday.com
They each face seven burglary charges and one count of theft of a motor vehicle.
From the stltoday.com
The sacrifices we face now are not just on the backs of average boomers like us.
From the washingtontimes.com
Let's all face the fact that our economy in the United States is in a free fall.
From the washingtontimes.com
Evans eventually pins Truett on the ground, repeatedly punching her in the face.
From the abcnews.go.com
More examples
  • The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"
  • Confront: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
  • Confront: oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
  • Expression: the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"
  • The general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"
  • Front: be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
  • The face is a central sense organ complex, for those animals that have one, normally on the ventral surface of the head, and can depending on the definition in the human case, include the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyelashes, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, teeth, skin, and chin. ...
  • Face (1997) is a British crime drama directed by Antonia Bird and written by Ronan Bennett. It stars Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone and features the acting debut of rock singer Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz).
  • Face is a 2004 Korean Horror Film directed by Yoo Sang-gon.