face

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The front part of your head, from your forehead to your chin.

   Every morning, I wash my face.

2. 2
   verb

   To turn or be positioned so that you look toward something.

   Our house faces the sea.

3. 3
   verb

   To deal with or accept a difficult situation.

   She had to face the fact that her business was failing.

4. 4
   noun

   The main or front surface of an object.

   I dealt the cards face down on the table.

5. 5
   noun

   How others see or respect you; reputation.

   The company lost face after its latest scandal.

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Simplified etymology

Face entered English in Middle English from Latin facies, meaning “form, appearance, face.” The related word facet, recorded from the early 17th century, comes from French facette and literally means “little face.”

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Late Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face From Middle English face, from Old French face, from Late Latin facia, from Latin faciēs (“form, appearance”). Doublet of facies. Displaced native onlete (“face, countenance, appearance”), anleth (“face”), from Old English anwlite, andwlita, compare German Antlitz; Old English ansīen (“face”), Middle English neb (“face, nose”) (from Old English nebb), Middle English ler, leor, leer (“face, cheek, countenance”) (from Old English hlēor), and non-native Middle Englis…

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