head-to-head

English

Alternative forms

• head to head

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɛd.tu.hɛd/

Adjective

head-to-head (comparative more head-to-head, superlative most head-to-head)

1. Direct, one-to-one.
   • 2006 7/11, Dan Reed, “At 35, Southwests strategy gets more complicated”, USA Today:

     For years, Southwest sought to avoid head-to-head competition with big, traditional airlines.

Adverb

head-to-head (not comparable)

1. Facing one another.
2. Directly, one-to-one.

Synonyms

• tête-à-tête

Coordinate terms

terms coordinate with head-to-head

face-to-face back-to-back arm-in-arm shoulder-to-shoulder eye-to-eye nose-to-nose side-by-side

mouth-to-mouth hand-to-hand cheek-by-jowl end-to-end elbow-to-elbow ear-to-ear cheek-to-cheek toe-to-toe

Translations

head-to-head

• Arabic: وجهاً لوجه (ar) (wájhan li-wajh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 面對面 (cmn), 面对面 (cmn) (miànduìmiàn), 當面 (cmn), 当面 (cmn) (dāngmiàn)

• French: tête-à-tête (fr)
• German: tête-à-tête (de), unter vier Augen (de)

• Japanese: 内緒の (ja) (ないしょの, naisho-no), 二人っきり (ja) (ふたりっきり, futarikkiri), 相対の (ja) (あいたいの, aitai-no)
• Russian: тет-а-тет (ru) (tɛte-a-tɛ́t), с глазу на глаз (ru) (s glázu ná glaz)
• Spanish: cabeza a cabeza (es)