face, v.
(faced, faces, facing)
freq. cnt. 114
(faced, faces, facing)
freq. cnt. 114
deal with (something unpleasant) head on
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 70 freq. cnt.: 56 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3
confront face face up
sample sentences
"You must confront your problems""He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
hypernym
verb group
hyponym
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 57 freq. cnt.: 33 freq. cnt.: 24
confront face
sample sentences
"You must confront your opponent""Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"
"The two enemies finally confronted each other"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
face front look
sample sentences
"The house looks north""My backyard look onto the pond"
"The building faces the park"
verb frames
Something ----s somethingHis fields %s mine at this point
verb frames
Something ----s somethingHis fields %s mine at this point
verb frames
Something ----s something
turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
face
sample sentences
"Turn and face your partner now"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
be opposite
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
face
sample sentences
"the facing page""the two sofas face each other"
verb frames
Something is ----ing PPSomebody ----s PP
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 3
confront face present
sample sentences
"We confronted him with the evidence""He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"
"An enormous dilemma faces us"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
verb group
cover the front or surface of
<verb.contact>
face
sample sentences
"The building was faced with beautiful stones"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
<verb.contact>
face
sample sentences
"face the lapels of the jacket"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
turn so as to expose the face
<verb.perception>
face