English-Dutch translations for face

• gezicht
  Dat is het ware gezicht van de EU van vandaag. This is the true face of today's EU.
  Hij sprak over het menselijke gezicht van het communisme. He spoke about the human face of Communism.
  Terrorisme is het lelijke gezicht van de globalisering. Terrorism is the ugly face of globalisation.
• aangaan
  Dat is de werkelijke uitdaging die wij moeten aangaan. This is the real challenge we face.
  Niet alleen, maar samen kunnen wij deze uitdagingen aangaan. Not alone - but together we can face these challenges.
  Dat is de politieke uitdaging die we moeten aangaan. That is the political challenge that we face.
• aangezicht
  In het aangezicht van een imminent gevaar hebben de Europeanen de rijen weten te sluiten en doeltreffend en met grote spoed gehandeld. Europeans have managed to unite in the face of immediate danger in order to take effective and urgent action.
  Die gebeurtenis veranderde het aangezicht van Europa en luidde een emancipatieproces in voor onze buren in Midden- en Oost-Europa dat thans zijn voltooiing nadert. That event changed the face of Europe and heralded a process of emancipation for our neighbours in central and eastern Europe which is nearing its conclusion.
  Kunt u mij zeggen welke politieke strategie de Raad wil toepassen om het geld voor het sociale aangezicht van Europa en de milieubescherming te vinden? Can you tell me what the political strategy of the Council is to find money for the social face of Europe and for the protection of the environment?
• baan
  Welke keuze hebben zij ten aanzien van een werkgever wanneer ze een baan zoeken? What choice do they have when faced with an employer when they are looking for a job?
  Meer dan vijf miljoen Europeanen zijn inmiddels hun baan kwijt en veel te veel andere mensen staat ditzelfde lot te wachten. Over five million Europeans have already lost their jobs, and far too many will still face unemployment.
  Hierdoor dreigen 650 Schotten, voornamelijk vrouwen, vanavond hun baan en hun inkomen te verliezen. 650 Scots, mostly women, face the prospect tonight of losing their jobs and their livelihoods.
• bakkes
• de confrontatie aangaan met
  Om de eenheid te bewaren moet Indonesië, zoals wij in onze ontwerpresolutie aangeven, de oorzaken van onenigheid onder ogen zien en de confrontatie aangaan met kwaadwilligen. To do so, as our motion suggests, it must face up to the causes of disunity and confront those of evil intent.
• gelaat
  Tot daar dus het menselijk gelaat van socialisme. So this is the human face of socialism!
  Deze tragische gebeurtenissen brengen het vreselijke gelaat van ons fort Europa aan het licht. These tragedies demonstrate the terrible face of our fortress.
  Liberalisering van de handel die gebeurt op basis van gelijke en eerlijke voorwaarden geeft aan de globalisering een menselijk gelaat. Trade liberalisation based on equal and fair conditions gives globalisation a human face.
• gelaatsuitdrukking
  In het jaarverslag staan 21 foto's van de Ombudsman en op de meeste daarvan heeft hij een vriendelijke gelaatsuitdrukking. In the annual report there are 21 photographs of the Ombudsman, and in most of them he has a gentle expression on his face.
• mee afrekenen
• naar ... staan
• onder ogen zien
  Niettemin moeten we de feiten onder ogen zien. Nevertheless, we need to face facts.
  Maar we moeten de werkelijkheid onder ogen zien. But we have to look things in the face.
  We moeten dit eindelijk onder ogen zien. It is time we faced up to that question.
• porum
• smoelwerk
• snoet
• tegemoet gaan
  Deze zal nu een aantal uitdagingen tegemoet gaan, zoals barones Ashton al heeft aangegeven. It currently faces a number of challenges, as outlined by Baroness Ashton.
  Waarom zouden ze zich interesseren voor de ingewikkeldheden van medebeslissing, als hun kinderen een onzekere toekomst tegemoet gaan? Why should they be interested in the intricacies of codecision if their children face such an uncertain future?
  Ik hoop dan ook dat de anderen ons ook hierin zullen steunen en dat wij inderdaad morgen met een brede meerderheid een meer gelijke toekomst tegemoet gaan. I therefore hope that the others will also support us in this and that we indeed face a more equal future backed by a broad majority.
• voorgevel
• zich richten
• zich richten naar
• zich [[richten naar]]
• zich [[richten]] (op)
• zijde
  Het eerste punt is de kwestie van de nationale zijde van de euro. First, the question of the national face.
  Ook heeft hij te maken gehad met verdoezeling en vertraging van de zijde van de Raad. He has also had to face the obfuscation and delays brought about by the Council.
  Belangrijker is de vraag of het toekomstige euro-geld een nationale zijde krijgt. More important is the question of the existence of a national face for the future euro coins.

Definition of face

• The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose and mouth, and the surrounding area
• One's facial expression
• A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc
• The public image; outward appearance
• The frontal aspect of something
• An aspect of the character or nature of someone or something
• Presence; sight; front
• The directed force of something
• Good reputation; standing in the eyes of others; dignity; prestige. (''See''''lose face''', '''save face'''
• Any surface, especially a front or outer one
• Any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron. More generally, any of the bounding pieces of a polytope of any dimension
• The mouth
• Makeup; one's complete facial cosmetic application
• A person
• A familiar or well-known person; a member of a particular scene, such as music or fashion scene
• A headline#Verb|headlining wrestler with a persona embodying heroic or virtuous traits and who is regard#Verb|regarded as a "good guy", especially one who is handsome and well#Adjective|well-conditioned#Adjective|conditioned; a baby face
• The front surface of a bat
• The side of the card that shows its value (as opposed to the back side, which looks the same on all cards of the deck
• The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end
• A typeface
• The amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, etc., without any interest or discount; face value
• To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something
• To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else
• To cause to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction
• To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect
• To deal with ; to accept even when undesirable
• To have the front in a certain direction
• To have as an opponent
• To be the batsman on strike
• To confront impudently; to bully
• To cover in front, for ornament, protection, etc.; to put a facing upon
• To line near the edge, especially with a different material
• To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc
• To arrange the products in so that they are tidy and attractive

Examples

• That girl has a pretty face
• The monkey pressed its face against the railings
• Why the sad face?
• Children! Stop making faces at each other!
• Our chairman is the face of this company
• He managed to show a bold face despite his embarrassment
• The face of the cliff loomed above them
• This is a face of her that we have not seen before.
• Poverty is the ugly face of capitalism.
• to fly in the face of danger
• to speak before the face of God
• They turned the boat into the face of the storm
• Youve got some face coming round here after what youve done.
• Put a big sign on each face of the building that can be seen from the road
• They climbed the north face of the mountain
• She wanted to wipe him off the face of the earth
• Shut your face!
• Hes always stuffing his face with chips
• Ill be out in a sec. Just let me put on my face
• It was just the usual faces at the pub tonight.
• He owned several local businesses and was a face around town
• The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback
• a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face
• Face the sun
• Turn the chair so it faces the table
• We are facing an uncertain future.
• Im going to have to face this sooner or later
• The seats in the carriage faced backwards
• Puddletown United face Mudchester Rovers in the quarter-finals.
• Willoughby comes in to bowl, and its Hobson facing.
• a building faced with marble
• to face the front of a coat, or the bottom of a dress
• In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards.

Related words

• surface
• facetious
• interface
• fuckface
• about-face
• volte-face
• deface
• resurface
• worksurface