Collocations with "face"
157 collocations found
Categories
VERB + NOUN(40)ADJECTIVE + NOUN(33)NOUN + NOUN(3)VERB + wait(1)ADJECTIVE + value(1)VERB + unknown (noun)(1)VERB + NOUN (meaning: court of justice)(1)VERB + trial (in a court of law)(1)VERB + suspension (stopping activity)(1)stern + NOUN(1)VERB + spectre/specter(1)VERB + SHOWDOWN(1)VERB + shortage(1)ADJECTIVE + NOUN: shield(1)VERB + setback(1)VERB + SCRUTINY(1)VERB + THE SACK (dismissal)(1)VERB + ruin(1)VERB + RIVAL(1)VERB + risk(1)VERB + rigours(1)VERB + RIDICULE(1)VERB + REVOLT(1)VERB + retaliation(1)VERB + resistance(1)VERB + reprisal(1)ADJECTIVE + recognition(1)VERB + questioning(1)VERB + punishment(1)VERB + prospect(1)VERB + pitcher(1)VERB + peril(1)VERB + PENALTY(1)VERB + ordeal(1)VERB + opposition(1)VERB + opponent(1)VERB + MUTINY(1)VERB + MANKIND(1)ADJECTIVE + lotion(1)VERB + JAIL(1)VERB + indictment(1)VERB + IMPRISONMENT(1)VERB + HURDLE(1)VERB + hostility(1)VERB + hardship(1)ADJECTIVE + flannel(1)VERB + FIRING SQUAD(1)VERB + fine (noun)(1)VERB + fear(1)VERB + EXPULSION(1)VERB + noun (killing as punishment)(1)VERB + dismissal (from a job)(1)VERB + disadvantage(1)VERB + DEPORTATION(1)VERB + delay(1)VERB + deficit(1)VERB + decision(1)VERB + death(1)VERB + DEADLINE(1)VERB + danger(1)VERB + crossroads(1)VERB + criticism(1)VERB + courtyard(1)VERB + competitor (in business)(1)VERB + NOUN (rivalry)(1)VERB + NOUN (closing of a place)(1)CLIFF + NOUN(1)VERB + challenger(1)VERB + CENSURE(1)VERB + catastrophe(1)VERB + BLACKBOARD(1)VERB + barrier(1)VERB + barrage(1)VERB + BANKRUPTCY(1)VERB + backlash(1)VERB + THE AXE (loss/reduction)(1)VERB + assault (military/verbal attack)(1)VERB + ARREST(1)VERB + annihilation(1)VERB + altar(1)verb + headword(1)VERB + ALLEGATION(1)VERB + accusation(1)NOUN + VERB(1)
face validity
A technical term in research, referring to whether a test appears to measure what it claims to.
face repatriation
to be confronted with the possibility of being sent back to one's country
pock-marked face
describes a face with small, permanent marks or pits, often from acne or smallpox
tear-streaked face
describes a face marked with lines where tears have flowed
face the altar
To stand or be positioned looking towards the altar.
face a firing squad
To be confronted with the possibility of execution by shooting.