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vis-à-vis definition

vis·-à-vis (vē′zə vē′)

adjective, adverb

face to face; opposite

Etymology: Fr

  1. face to face with; opposite
  2. in comparison with
  3. in relation to; with regard to

noun pl. vis-à-vis vis′·-à-vis′ (-vēz′, -vē′)

    1. a person who is face to face with another
    2. one's opposite number or counterpart
    1. an 18th-cent. and early 19th-cent. carriage with facing seats
    2. tête-à-tête ()

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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