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It's a noisy environment we all live in, whether it's traffic or the workplace, so it's very difficult to think about your life in general. A lot of people are afraid to do that. They like to hide behind their work and not face up to a big problem in their life.
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Meaning of "face up to" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FACE UP TO

face up to play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FACE UP TO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Face up to is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES FACE UP TO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of face up to in the English dictionary

The definition of face up to in the dictionary is + preposition to accept.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FACE UP TO

face as long as a fiddle
face card
face cloth
face cream
face down
face flannel
face flies
face guard
face mask
face out
face pack
face painting
face powder
face recognition
face the music
face time
face to face
face validity
face value
face-ache

WORDS THAT END LIKE FACE UP TO

be a wake-up to
come up to
feel up to
keep to
lead up to
make up to
measure up to
play up to
put up to
stand up to
suck up to
up to

Synonyms and antonyms of face up to in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FACE UP TO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «face up to» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of face up to

Translation of «face up to» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FACE UP TO

Find out the translation of face up to to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of face up to from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «face up to» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

正视
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frente a
570 millions of speakers

English

face up to
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

का सामना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مواجهة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грозит до
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

enfrentar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মুখোমুখি দাঁড়াও
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

faire face à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

berhadapan dengan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ins Auge sehen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

に立ち向かう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

을 직시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ngadhepi nganti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đối mặt với
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முகம் வரை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामोरा जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yüzleşmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affrontare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czoła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загрожує до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

face față
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιμετωπίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aangesig tot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

möta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

møte opp til
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of face up to

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FACE UP TO»

The term «face up to» is very widely used and occupies the 2.580 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FACE UP TO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about face up to

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10 QUOTES WITH «FACE UP TO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word face up to.
1
Gerry Adams
Republican patience with how unionism deals with the political institutions, and with key issues like equality and human rights, will be tested because, obviously, there will be a battle a day on these matters. So lets face up to all of this with our eyes wide open.
2
Kathy Bates
The roles I was lucky enough to get were real stretches for me: usually a character who was older, or a little weird, or whatever. And it was hard, not just for the lack of work but because you have to face up to how people are looking at you.
3
Kathy Bates
I was never an ingenue. I've always just been a character actor. When I was younger, it was a real problem, because I was never pretty enough. It was hard, not just for the lack of work, but because you have to face up to how people are looking at you.
4
Kenneth Branagh
One of the things that makes Hamlet unique among Shakespeare's characters is his courage to face up to the darker elements of his personality.
5
Kenneth Clarke
I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change.
6
Enya
It's a noisy environment we all live in, whether it's traffic or the workplace, so it's very difficult to think about your life in general. A lot of people are afraid to do that. They like to hide behind their work and not face up to a big problem in their life.
7
Emilia Fox
I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure they're all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.
8
Jim Garrison
The CIA could not face up to the American people and admit that its former employees had conspired to assassinate the President; so from the moment Kennedy's heart stopped beating, the Agency attempted to sweep the whole conspiracy under the rug.
9
Diana Wynne Jones
I find it just simply takes me right back to those times, and I really can't take it, I don't want to, I mean, why should I face up to it? What good does it do me? I know it happened, and that's it.
10
Hilary Mantel
Writers displace their anxiety on to the tools of the trade. It's better to say that you haven't got the right pencil than to say you can't write, or to blame your computer for losing your chapter than face up to your feeling that it's better lost.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FACE UP TO»

Discover the use of face up to in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to face up to and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Face Up to the Class Bully
It's back-to-school time, and Willimena will be in a new class with new kids and a new teacher.
V. Wesley, 2007
2
Boys' Life
Deal one card face-down in front of yourself. Then deal the next card face-up in front of him. Deal another face-down to yourself, the next face-up to him, and continue dealing them out in two piles until all your cards have been dealt. "You didn't ...
3
Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class, and the Soul ...
According to Jennifer Hochschild, we have failed to face up to what that dream requires of our society, and yet we possess no other central belief that can save the United States from chaos.
Jennifer L. Hochschild, 1996
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
face someone down face up to someone face someone down confront smb. in an attempt to subdue or dominate the person: The project is too important to be placed in jeopardy by the vanity of one man, and those who are too cowardly to face ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Card Games For Dummies
The leader can play any number of cards of the same rank, generally the lowest card or cards in his hand, putting them face-up to form the discard pile. Throughout Palace, the number of cards led is irrelevant — all that matters is the rank of ...
Barry Rigal, 2005
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Constructions in Cognitive Linguistics: Selected Papers from ...
to face up to: accept bravely, confront, stand up to I have so far come across one dictionary only (Lexicon of Contemporary English, edited by T. McArthur in 1981) which approached the meaning of the phrasal verb differently, defining to face ...
Ad Foolen, Frederike van der Leek, 2000
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Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
The spectator called out Seven, so when you get to the Seven spot, deal it face- up to the table, but deal it away from the other cards so that it is clearly isolated from the other cards. The packet remaining in the left hand is grasped from above  ...
Ellis Stanyon, Karl Fulves, 1999
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Face to Face with Children: The Life and Work of Clare Winnicott
He had to face up to the more difficult problems, and he knew when he took on the consultancy job for the government evacuation scheme, he knew that he was in for something quite different, a quite new experience for him. So he became ...
Clare Winnicott, Joel S. Kanter, 2004
9
Face Down
Matt Redman says, "When we face up to the glory of God, we find oursleves face down in worship." This book shows the biblical record of those who found themselves prostrate before God.
Matt Redman, 2004
10
Good Word Guide: The Fast Way to Correct English - Spelling, ...
Some users object to face up to as an unnecessary extension of the verbface, meaning `confront' or `accept', but there is a slight difference in sense and usage between the two: to face up to one's punishment suggests a greater degree of ...
Martin Manser, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FACE UP TO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term face up to is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fly tippers face up to public shaming
CLAMPDOWN: Councillor Dev Sharma hopes to stop fly tipping with a new name and shame campaign. FLY-TIPPERS are to be named and ... «Yellow Advertiser, Jul 15»
2
New Zealand makes internet 'trolling' illegal
Internet trolls face up to two years' jail in New Zealand under a controversial new law which bans “harmful digital communications”. And under ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Japan urged to face up to history after Unesco win
BONN (Germany): China urged Japan to face up to its history and take measures to uphold the dignity of forced labour victims after Unesco's ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
4
Birmingham families face up to £6k drop in benefits
A possible announcement in this week's Budget could cost families in Birmingham up to £6,000 in benefits. The Chancellor George Osborne is ... «Birmingham Post, Jul 15»
5
Watervliet man could face 15-to-life in theft of woman's house
ALBANY COUNTY — A Watervliet man could face up to 15 years to life in state prison after being found guilty of essentially stealing an elderly ... «The Daily Gazette, Jul 15»
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New Zealand Cyberbullies Could Face Up to 2 or 3 Years in Jail If …
According to the new law, senders of these messages could face up to a maximum of two years in prison if caught, and if the message urges or ... «Softpedia News, Jul 15»
7
Sustainability: Asian suppliers face up to the iss
Sustainability improvements in the Asian outsourced clothing and textile sector are far from being the sole preserve of China, with companies in ... «just-style.com, Jul 15»
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Peter Robinson warns Sinn Fein to face up to tough decisions or …
Stormont's First Minister has challenged Sinn Fein to either face up to tough decisions or leave the Northern Ireland power-sharing Executive. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
Greece must face up to reality
After the latest gyrations in the Greek debt crisis by novice Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras it would be difficult not to sympathise with the country's ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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Manco & Manco Owners Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion, Face Up to 5 …
Owners of Manco & Manco, a Jersey shore pizza chain, admitted to lying to the IRS about their income. Charles Bangle could face 10 years in ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, Jul 15»

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