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Celebrities are not necessarily the richest people of all, but on the face of it, they seem to be representative of the very richest people.
Nancy Jo Sales

Meaning of "on the face of it" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ON THE FACE OF IT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ON THE FACE OF IT

on the coat
on the contrary
on the credit side
on the cross
on the danger list
on the defensive
on the dole
on the dot
on the downgrade
on the downlow
on the fence
on the fly
on the foundation
on the front foot
on the go
on the heavy side
on the hoof
on the hook
on the hop
on the horizon

WORDS THAT END LIKE ON THE FACE OF IT

cut it
for it
for the hell of it
get it
go to it
have had it
hoof it
I have it
make a day of it
make a night of it
make it
out to it
snap out of it
snuff it
so be it
the long and the short of it
up for it
with it
you can keep it
you name it

Synonyms and antonyms of on the face of it in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ON THE FACE OF IT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «on the face of it» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of on the face of it
apparently · outwardly · seemingly · to all appearances

Translation of «on the face of it» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ON THE FACE OF IT

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

在它的脸上
1,325 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Spanish

en la cara de ella
570 millions of speakers
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English

on the face of it
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

इसे चेहरे पर
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

على ظاهرها
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

на первый взгляд
278 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Portuguese

em face do que
270 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Bengali

এর মুখে
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

toute en face
220 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Malay

Di hadapannya
190 millions of speakers
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Translator English - German

auf den ersten Blick
180 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Japanese

その顔に
130 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Korean

그것 의 얼굴
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Ing pasuryan kasebut
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

trên khuôn mặt của nó
80 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Tamil

அது முகத்தில்
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

त्याच्या चेहऱ्यावर
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Turkish

onun yüzünde
70 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Italian

sulla faccia di esso
65 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Polish

na powierzchni tego
50 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Ukrainian

на перший погляд
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

pe fata de ea
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σχετικά με το πρόσωπο του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

op die gesig van dit
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

På framsidan av det
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

på forsiden av det
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of on the face of it

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ON THE FACE OF IT»

The term «on the face of it» is very widely used and occupies the 7.377 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ON THE FACE OF IT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «on the face of it» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «on the face of it» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about on the face of it

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2 QUOTES WITH «ON THE FACE OF IT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word on the face of it.
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Russ Feingold
The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.
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Nancy Jo Sales
Celebrities are not necessarily the richest people of all, but on the face of it, they seem to be representative of the very richest people.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ON THE FACE OF IT»

Discover the use of on the face of it in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to on the face of it and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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On the Face of It
Lee thinks her daughter's new friend is "nice".
Ellen Rich, 2011
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Affluent in the Face of Poverty: On What Rich Individuals ...
It is, on the face of it, objectionable to conceive of reasonable rejection in a comparative way. That is, it is objectionable to say that one cannot reasonably reject a principle if others have stronger objections to alternatives than those one has to ...
Jos Philips, 2007
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The Face of the Other and the Trace of God: Essays on
... “a minimal distance between the sensing and the sensed,” and “a return of time on itself, a fundamental iteration” (EDE 153), a structure which would seem on the face of it to be that of the Ulys- sean circle of departure and return, except that  ...
Jeffrey Bloechl, 2000
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The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the ...
On the face of it, the predicament of the storm- racked battalions (Mercer's analogy for the attack of the cavalry on Wellington's chequer- board of squares was that of 'a heavy surf breaking on a coast beset with isolated rocks, against which the ...
John Keegan, 1983
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Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, ...
The power of attorney purported on the face of it to have been executed in Genoa , and it was drawn up in the modern Greek language. No evidence was given to show that it was a genuine instrument, but, on the contrary, it was said to have ...
‎1825
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The Face of Rosenfel: A Novel
Which, if I do say it, in the estimation of Belfry has all the ear markings of shy- canery on the face of it.” “Mr. Belfry, you referred to another inquirer after Mr. Dye. Did I understand you it was a woman ?” “ Very like, Mr. Maxey. Do you know her?
Charles Howard Montague, 1888
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of ...
In that Passage I understand Lord Hardwicke to be speaking of the Phraseology of the Plea ; which, if defective on the Face of it, containing a Reference to some other Part of the Record, is not perfect, substantial, or intelligible, in itself: and the  ...
Great Britain. Court of Chancery, Francis Vesey, John Beames, 1818
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English Law and Equity Reports
Wood. the defendant, that this plea put in issue not merely the fact of the making of such award, and that it was made of and concerning the said matters in difference, but that it was a valid award on the face of it ; and that this award was bad.
Edmund Hatch Bennett, Chauncey Smith, 1852
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The Face of the Fox
Behavior that by the observer's own experience as shaped by his cultural tradition seems bizarre or morally noisy would, on the face of it, compete well for his attention. Nondescriptions present no hindrance to this bias. So the observer ends, ...
Fred O. Gearing, 1970
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Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of ...
The check bears, on the face of it, all the qualities of a bill of exchange. It binds the drawer in his individual capacity. When it is competent for a party to bind himself individually, parol evidence cannot be introduced, to show, that what he has, ...
United States. Supreme Court, Henry Wheaton, William Cranch, 1904

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ON THE FACE OF IT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term on the face of it is used in the context of the following news items.
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No need for revolution in All-Ireland evolution
On the face of it, the provincial Championships can strike the casual observer as being remarkably healthy at times. Watching finals played in ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
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Charlie's story: life and death of the man forced to sleep rough while …
“He's a man who, while on the face of it would appear to have little capacity to make decisions and follow through, decided he had to go to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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The Shoot-Down of Flight MH17: New York Times Enforces Ukraine …
“On the face of it, that looks like an accommodating gesture from the government that is backing the Ukrainian separatists believed to have fired ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
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Voters have shifted to the left — but that doesn't make it the right …
On the face of it there is some evidence of public support for what might be seen as leftist policies. A YouGov poll in November 2014, ... «The Conversation UK, Jul 15»
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Film Review: 'Mission: Impossible -- Rogue Nation'
On the face of it, "Rogue Nation" is another patchwork of Hitchcockian tropes and James Bondian cliches, as familiar as the recurring strains of ... «Jamestown Sun, Jul 15»
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Film review: Maggie is a nuanced entry to the zombie canon
On the face of it, the premise is familiar: a “necroambulist” virus that turns people into the flesh-hungry walking dead has crippled America. «City A.M., Jul 15»
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The Myth of India's Vegetarian Elites: A Response to NPR and New …
On the face of it, the concern expressed by the writer was legitimate: the nutritional needs of poor school children in Madhya Pradesh following ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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The Financial Times' Britishness has made it global, and despite …
On the face of it, Nikkei is a very similar business – a powerful and highly influential main newspaper title - with a circulation in print of 2.7m, 10 ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
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Starting Nine: Astros trade for Scott Kazmir
Maybe it's because I'm not overly prospect-savvy, but on the face of it, I love the deal. Seemingly, anyway, losing Nottingham was bad; but ... «The Crawfish Boxes, Jul 15»
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America's Iran gamble: On a wing and a prayer
But he has added to the portfolio of his achievements by opening doors to Cuba and reintegrating Iran in the mainstream on the face of it. «The Express Tribune, Jul 15»

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