face time

Or face·time

[feys-tahym]

noun

Informal.

1. 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?

2. time spent appearing on television, in movies, or in other visual media.

   The candidates had some good face time with a national audience.

3. 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.

face time

noun

1. the time spent dealing with someone else face to face, esp in a place of work

Word History and Origins

Origin of face time¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

This state visit provided the UK with invaluable face time with the president – and so the opportunity to both set out the UK's position and attempt to persuade.

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None of his predecessors as first minister have been afforded that amount of face time.

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But the PM was prepared to overlook the protocol when he was being treated to an unusual and valuable amount of face time with the US president.

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The event brings together more than 170 children living with Type 1 diabetes, giving them face time with members of Congress to advocate for ongoing funding for Type 1 diabetes research.

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They were there in my darkest hours — when my parents died, they let me win my next show so I could use the 30-second face time to memorialize them.

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