face-to-face communication
collocation in Englishmeaningsofface-to-faceandcommunication
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face-to-face
adverb[before noun]
adjective
uk/ˌfeɪs.təˈfeɪs/us/ˌfeɪs.təˈfeɪs/
directly, meeting someone in the ...
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communication
noun
uk/kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/kəˌmjuː.nəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of communicating ...
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(Definition offace-to-faceandcommunicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofface-to-face communication
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Effects of telephoneface-to-facecommunicationon rated extent of self-disclosure by female college students.
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Inface-to-facecommunication, indicators of emotions, such as facial expressions, are mostly displayed subconsciously.
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Similar toface-to-facecommunicationtasks, the jigsaw tasks produced more negotiation of meaning episodes.
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During this same time, children learn strategies for using visual cues to maintain and regulateface-to-facecommunication.
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Learners used more requests for a clarification, elaboration, or reformulation of partners' ideas than previously found inface-to-facecommunicationtasks.
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Although this system does not allow for the rich visual channel provided byface-to-facecommunicationit does allow for simultaneous (auditory) input and (oral) output.
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This suggests that children who are articulate inface-to-facecommunicationmay not have acquired the decontextualized language skills needed to give a formal definition.
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There are times when e-mail is an appropriate means for communication, while at others, a telephone call might be better, and still others whenface-to-facecommunicationis required.
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Ethnographic and pragmatic concepts are projected backward on data informative onface-to-facecommunicationand the interactional construction of a social order.
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In communicating online people seem to be more outgoing than inface-to-facecommunication, suggesting that a virtual classroom environment may be more relaxed than a conventional classroom.
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He found many instances of negotiations that were similar to those found in prior studies of face-to-facecommunication, but in addition, he found many more instances of code-switching.
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However, some may argue that certain types of media can hinderface-to-facecommunicationand therefore can result in complications like identity fraud.
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Similar to emotional displays inface-to-facecommunication, it was found that females tend to use more emoticons than their male counterparts.
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They avoid mobile telephones and computers, preferringface-to-facecommunicationand encoded written messages.
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She asserts however, that one-way communications technologies reduce or eliminate "reciprocity", the normal give and take offace-to-facecommunication.
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The needed information is received in small batch pieces not in one vast chunk with preferableface-to-facecommunicationand not any written documentation.
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