āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
vis-a-vis
/ËvizÉvi/
/vËiËzÉvËiË/
vis-Ã -vis
01
āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋ
face-to-face with; literally `face to face'
Vis-a-vis
01
āĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻž
small sofa that seats two people
02
āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯, āĻ¸āĻĻā§āĻļ
a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
vis-a-vis
01
āĻāĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ
used to indicate a comparison or contrast between two things or people
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She felt insecure vis-Ã -vis her older sister.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĒā§āĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻ
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§
used to show the topic or subject of a statement or question
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
What is your opinion vis-Ã -vis the new policy?
āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ vis-Ã -vis āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ āĻāĻŋ?
