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Look up: Vis-a-vis

  1. Vis-à-vis
    (carriage) A `vis-à-vis` is a horse drawn carriage in which the passengers sit face to face. The term comes from the French vis-à-vis, meaning face to face. These carriages are still commonly made by Amish carriage makers in the midwestern United States. Also in the Western world...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vis-à-vi

  2. vis-a-vis
    [adv] - face-to-face
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Vis-a-vis
    Vis`-a-vis' noun [ French, opposite, face to face.] 1. One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing. 2. A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seat...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/29

  4. Vis-a-vis
    Vis`-a-vis' adverb Face to face.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/29

  5. vis-a-vis
    adverb face-to-face; face-to-face with; `they sat vis-a-vis at the table`; `I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Vis-a-vis
    • (n.) One who, or that which, is face to face with another; esp., one who faces another in dancing. • (n.) A carriage in which two persons sit face to face. Also, a form of sofa with seats for two persons, so arranged that the occupants are face to face while sitting on opposite sides. &b...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. vis-à-vis
    (French `face-to-face`) with regard to
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

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