what is the meaning of "vis-à-vis"??

Answer 1

vis-à-vis [veeze vee]
prep
1. regarding: in relation to
2. opposite: opposite to or face to face with


adverb
face to face: face to face, or opposite each other


noun (plural vis-à-vis)
1. somebody or something facing: somebody or something that is face to face with another person or thing
2. counterpart: somebody who is the counterpart of somebody else
3. horse-drawn carriage: a horse-drawn carriage in which people sit facing each other


[Mid-18th century. < French , "face to face" < Old French vis (see visage)]
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Answer 2

with respect to or in comparison with as in "vis-à-vis cats, I would recommend brushing once a week " or "vis-à-vis gloucester state community college, Yale is a better place for a good, well-rounded education"

Answer 3

Many different usages:

vis-a-vis:–adverb
1. face to face: They sat vis-à-vis at the table.
–adjective
2. face-to-face: a vis-à-vis encounter.
3. Numismatics. (of a coin) having two portraits facing each other.
–preposition 4. in relation to; compared with: income vis-à-vis expenditures.
5. facing; opposite: They were now vis-à-vis the most famous painting in the Louvre.
–noun 6. a person face to face with or situated opposite to another: He offered a cigarette to his vis-à-vis.
7. a date at a social affair: She introduced her vis-à-vis to the hostess.
8. a person of equal authority, rank, or the like: my vis-à-vis in the Louisville office.
9. a carriage in which the occupants sit face to face.
10. Furniture. tête-à-tête (def. 2).

Answer 4

It is french for "face to face".
It is like saying things are alike, or comparable.

Answer 5

it's means: face to face

Answer 6

against - or by comparison -