Английский словарь американских идиом - head-on
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Head-on
head-on
{adj.} or {adv. phr.} 1. With the head or front pointing at; with the front facing; front end to front end. * /Our car skidded into a head-on crash with the truck./ * /In the fog the boat ran head-on into a log./ * /There is a head-on view of the parade from our house./ Compare: FACE-TO-FACE. Contrast: REAR-END. 2. In a way that is exactly opposite; against or opposed to in argument. * /If you think a rule should be changed, a head-on attack against it is best./ * /Tom did not want to argue head-on what the teacher said, so he said nothing./
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~ adv 1 meet/crash etc head-on if two vehicles meet head-on, the front part of one vehicle hits the front part of the other (Their car collided head-on with a van.) 2 if someone deals with a problem head-on, they deal with it in a direct and determined way (It would be best to tackle the situation head-on.) - head-on adj (a head-on collision) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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1. If two vehicles hit each other head-on, they hit each other with their fronts pointing towards each other. Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van. ADV: ADV after v • Head-on is also an adjective. Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry. ADJ: ADJ n 2. A head-on conflict or approach is direct, without any attempt to compromise or avoid the issue. The only victors in a head-on clash between the president and the assembly would be the hardliners on both sides. ADJ: ADJ n • Head-on is also an adverb. Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on. ADV: ADV after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adverb Date: 1840 1. with the head or front making the initial contact the cars collided ~ 2. in direct opposition, confrontation, or contradiction met the problem ~ II. adjective Date: 1903 1. having the front facing in the direction of initial contact or line of sight a ~ collision 2. frontal 2b a ~ confrontation ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. лобовой, фронтальный; прямой, центральный; в лоб head-on attack —- воен. фронтальный удар; ав. лобовая атака head-on collision of trains —- столкновение встречных поездов 2. головой, носом, передней частью the vessel struck the rocks head-on —- судно ударилось носом о скалы the boys collided head-on —- мальчики столкнулись лбами 3. прямо, недвусмысленно to meet an issue head-on —- занять в каком-л. вопросе твердую позицию; поставить вопрос прямо ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. лобовой, фронтальный 2. adv. 1) головой; передней частью, носом 2) во всеоружии to meet a situation head-on - быть во всеоружии ...Англо-русский словарь
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