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-à-

[ vee-zuh-vee; French vee-za-vee ]

preposition

  1. compared with:

    The graph shows income -à- expenditures.

  2. in relation to or toward:

    The report is an examination of Japan’s foreign policy -à- its Asian neighbors.

  3. with regard to; concerning; about:

    I’ve read his comments -à- the role of the media in international conflicts.

  4. facing; opposite:

    We are now -à- the most famous painting in the Louvre.



adverb

  1. face to face:

    They sat -à- at the table.

adjective

  1. face-to-face:

    a -à- encounter.

  2. Numismatics. (of a coin) having two portraits facing each other.

noun

plural -à-
  1. a person face to face with or situated opposite to another:

    He offered a cigarette to his -à-.

  2. a date at a social affair:

    She introduced her -à- to the hostess.

  3. a person of equal authority, rank, or the like:

    my -à- in the Louisville office.

  4. a carriage in which the occupants sit face to face.

-à-

/ ˌːɑːˈː /

preposition

  1. in relation to; regarding
  2. face to face with; opposite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. face to face; opposite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person or thing that is situated opposite to another
  2. a person who corresponds to another in office, capacity, etc; counterpart
  3. an upholstered sofa; êٱ-à-êٱ
  4. a type of horse-drawn carriage in which the passengers sit opposite one another
  5. a coin having an obverse upon which two portraits appear facing each other
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-à-

  1. Relative to; compared with: “She performed well -à- the rest of the competitors.”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of -à-1

First recorded in 1745–55; from French: literally, “face to face”; visage
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of -à-1

C18: French, from vis face
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Over the next decade or two, the EU’s trajectory—from its economic growth to its military development to its role as a rising geopolitical player—-à- that of Putin’s authoritarian, security-first Russia will shape the chessboard on which Ukraine, caught between the two, can operate.

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Although the supreme leader dismissed the idea of negotiations with the US, Iran's mission to the UN did say in a statement on Sunday that it might consider talks "if the objective is... to address concerns -à- any potential militarisation of Iran's nuclear programme".

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Democrats—who lost the 2024 election in large part because of the price of eggs and other things you put in your mouth—seemed unsure about how strongly to protest their increasing cost -à- protesting other things, like the ongoing dismantling of the government.

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But Wada is currently investigating the effects of frequently and repeatedly using this CO rebreathing method vis-a-vis artificially enhancing the uptake, transport or delivery of oxygen.

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“Colombians lose out, & so will the U.S. vis-a-vis China.”

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