vis-a-vis
1. a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another • Syn: counterpart, opposite number • Hypernyms: equivalent • Hyponyms: match, mismatch, complement 2. small sofa that seats two people • Syn: love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete • Derivationally related forms: tete-a-tete (for: tete-a-tete) • Hypernyms: sofa, couch, lounge
face-to-face with; literally 'face to face' (Freq. 1) - they sat vis-a-vis at the table - I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman
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