face

verb (DEAL WITH)

/feɪs/

Definition

B2 [T] If you face a problem, or a problem faces you, you have to deal with it: This is one of the many problems faced by working mothers. Passengers could face long delays. You're faced with a very difficult choice there.Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring B2 [T] to accept that something unpleasant is true and start to deal with the situation: I think Phil has to face the fact that she no longer loves him. We have to face facts here - we simply don't have enough money. He's dying but he refuses to face the truth.Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring can't face sth/doing sth B2 to not want to do or deal with something unpleasant: I can't face walking up all those steps again. I know I've got to tell her but I can't face it.Afraid C2 [T] to deal with someone when the situation between you is difficult: She half hoped he would not find her, though she knew she would have to face him sooner or later.

(Definition of face verb (DEAL WITH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)