If you say something to someone's face , you say it when that person is with you
I wanted to say that I was sorry to her face, not on the phone.
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face 2 © / feis / verb ( fac es , fac ing , faced )
to have your face or front toward something Can you all face the front of the class, please? My bedroom faces the backyard.
to deal with an unfriendly person or a difficult situation I can't face going to work today — I'm too sick.
let's face it ( informal ) we must agree that it is true Let's face it — you're not very good at math.
face-lift ( also face .lift ) / ' feislift / noun [ count ]
a medical operation to make your face look younger
fa • cial / ' feijl/ adjective
connected with the face a facial expression facial hair
fa • cil • i • tate awl / 1э' sibteit / verb
( fa . cil . i tates , fa • cil • i • tat • ing , fa • cil • i tat • ed )
( formal ) to make something possible or easier teaching techniques that facilitate learning
fa • cil • i • ties AWB / f3 ' sifetiz / noun [ plural ]
services, rooms, equipment, etc. that make it possible to do something
Our school has very good sports facilities .
fact Ф / fsekt / noun [ count ]
something that you know has happened or is true It's a fact that the earth travels around the sun. in fact ; in actual fact
used to show that something is true; really
I thought she was 21 years old, but in actual fact she's only
19.
I think I saw him — in fact, I'm sure I did.
fac • torAWL| / ' freter / noun [ count ]
one of the things that influence a situation, a decision, etc.
Cost was a major factor in deciding where I went to college.
( math ) a whole number by which a larger number can be divided
2, 3, 4, and 6 are factors of 12.
faC .tO . ГУ Ф / 'faektori / noun [ count ] ( plural fac . to . ries )
a place where people make things, usually with machines He works at the automobile factory.
fac • tu • al / ' fre^f^l / adjective
based on or containing facts a factual account of events
fac • ul • ty / freklti / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural fac . ul . ties )
the people who teach at a school, college, or university She is on the faculty at Columbia Business School. a faculty meeting
fade / feid / verb ( fades , fad ing , fad . ed )
to become lighter in color or less strong Will this shirt fade when I wash it? The cheers of the crowd faded away .
Fahr • en • heit / ' ferenhait / noun [ noncount ]
( abbreviation F )
( general science ) a way of measuring temperature. Water freezes at 32° Fahrenheit and boils at 212° Fahrenheit
110°F
— Look at Celsius .
fail 1 ©/feil/ verb (fails ,fail ing ,failed )
to not pass an exam or test She failed her driving test again. How many students failed last year?
—ANTONYM pass
to try to do something but not be able to do it He played well but failed to win the match.
—ANTONYM succeed
to not do something that you should do The driver failed to stop at a red light.
fail 2 / feil / noun without fail
certainly
Be there at twelve o'clock without fail! fail . ure О / 'feilyor / noun
[ noncount ] lack of success
The search for the missing children ended in failure.
[ count ] a person or thing that does not do well
I felt that I was a failure because I didn't have a job.
