🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

대면

Pronunciation / Transliteration: daemyeon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Face-to-Face/ˈfeɪs tə ˈfeɪs/
adjectiveadverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"우리는 프로젝트에 대해 대면으로 논의했습니다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Involving direct interaction between people, typically in person.

    "The team decided to hold a face-to-face meeting to discuss the project."
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a manner that involves direct personal interaction.

    "We prefer to communicate face-to-face rather than through emails."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'face-to-face' originated in the early 20th century, combining the word 'face', derived from Old French 'face' and Latin 'facies', meaning 'appearance' or 'surface', with 'to', a preposition indicating direction, and 'face' again, emphasizing direct interaction. It evolved to describe personal interactions as opposed to mediated communication.

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