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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{enPR|fās}}, {{IPA|/feɪs/}}
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* {{audio|en-au-face.ogg|AU}}

== Noun ==
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[[File:Palestinian girl in Qalqiliya.jpg|thumb|A girl's '''face'''.]]
# {{countable}} A '''face''' is the front part of the [[head]]. {{syn|countenance|features|mug|visage|facade}}
#: ''His '''face''' was red with embarrassment.''
# A look or expression on the '''face'''. {{syn|expression|look|appearance|air}}
#: ''He made a '''face''' at the bitter medicine.''
# One [[side]] of a [[many]]-[[side]]d [[shape]]. {{syn|side|surface|aspect|elevation|facet}}
#: ''A dodecahedron has twelve '''faces'''.''

=== Related words ===
* [[about face]]
* [[facet]]
* [[facelift]]
* [[save face]]
* [[lose face]]

== Verb ==
{{verb|fac|e}}
# If <math>x</math> '''faces''' <math>y</math>, the front of <math>x</math> is [[point]]ing in the [[direction]] of <math>y</math>.
#: ''Please '''face''' me when I speak to you.''
#: ''The store '''faces''' the bank.''
#: ''It's hard to '''face''' the fact that his wife is gone.''
#: ''You have to '''face''' the bully.''

=== Synonyms ===
* (''to be opposite'') [[be opposite]], [[be in front of]], [[stand in front of]], [[stand facing]], [[look toward]]
* (''admit'') [[admit]], [[accept]], [[be realistic]], [[realize]], [[bite the bullet]]
* (''confront'') [[confront]], [[tackle]], [[meet]], [[cope with]], [[challenge]], [[deal with]], [[play]], [[handle]], [[play against]], [[be drawn against]]

=== Antonyms ===
* (''to be opposite'') [[be adjacent]], [[be beside]]
* (''admit'') [[deny]], [[refute]], [[reject]], [[rebuff]], [[contradict]], [[refuse]], [[disallow]], [[decline]], [[renounce]], [[disavow]]
* (''confront'') [[avoid]], [[shun]], [[steer clear of]], [[let alone]], [[evade]], [[circumvent]], [[get around]], [[dodge]], [[sidestep]], [[elude]], [[escape]], [[prevent]], [[forestall]], [[preclude]], [[avert]]

=== Related words ===
* [[deface]]
* [[face-off]]
* [[face up to]]
* [[outface]]
* [[reface]]

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