face time
or face·time
time spent speaking or meeting with one or more people face to face, in contrast to phone conversations or other means of communication: Is he available for a couple of hours of face time?
time spent appearing on television, in movies, or in other visual media: The candidates had some good face time with a national audience.
the amount of time an employee spends in the office or other workplace: If you work from home, make sure you put in face time once in a while.
Origin of face time
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How to use face time in a sentence
While I don’t think I’ll ever choose FaceTime over face time again, these calls have served a purpose—allowing me to not just work from home but see what that work looks like, up close, for others.
Women Have Lost a Disproportionate Number of Jobs Due to COVID-19. Here's How We Can Start to Fix a Broken System | Bonnie Hammer | January 25, 2021 | TimeBecause getting face time is critical to getting noticed and promoted.
Women Have Lost a Disproportionate Number of Jobs Due to COVID-19. Here's How We Can Start to Fix a Broken System | Bonnie Hammer | January 25, 2021 | TimeCompanies will have to trust employees to get their work done without constantly monitoring face time, and people will have to take more accountability for their results.
The maker of the iPhone also managed to launch a heavy slate of new products this fall despite minimal face time among staff.
In-person work and store experiences are still often better options, according to Apple HR and retail chief | Phil Wahba | December 2, 2020 | FortuneThe last thing you want is to create a two-tier system in which those in the office are closer to management and those working remotely don’t get as much face time.
Want to know how to WFH better? There’s a class for that | Michal Lev-Ram, writer | September 22, 2020 | Fortune
Most people — pageant-savvy or not — would be impressed if they got to spend face time with the contestants.
Yet Perry also managed to turn some of the face time to his own purposes.
Being a military man, I have had on various occasions to face time enemy.
The Diary of a Man of Fifty | Henry JamesStill Lazaro was in appearance Del Norte grown old, his face time-furrowed, his black hair turned snowy white.
Frank Merriwell's Pursuit | Burt L. StandishBut when your generosity is thrown back in your face time after time—!
The Hall and the Grange | Archibald MarshallOne could see the shades of pain pass over John's face time and again.
The Hive | Will Levington Comfort
British Dictionary definitions for face time
the time spent dealing with someone else face to face, esp in a place of work
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