Used in a Sentence

faced

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for faced.

Editorial note

The bald-faced entitlement that has spouted from the mouths of non-techy friends and acquaintances has embarrassed me.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of faced gathered in one view.

adjective

Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material.

adjective

(slang) drunk

adjective

(in combination) Having a specified type or number of faces.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for faced.

Example sentences

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The bald-faced entitlement that has spouted from the mouths of non-techy friends and acquaintances has embarrassed me.

2

One of the issues faced in super computing isn't just raw horsepower or more cpu's, it's latency.

3

Do they really think he would have _ever_ faced a trial by a jury of his peers?

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Wouldn't it be fair to say these are all problems faced with any / all deployments?

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Especially considering that the NSA has proven itself willing to tell bold-faced lies directly to congress?

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Describe instead the problems you have faced.

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You can charge a subscription fee, but many users who would tolerate ads will just leave when faced with a paywall.

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I have written hundreds of thousands of lines of shipping code, and I've faced this kind of code-for-an-interview process repeatedly.

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Tip #4: When faced with the fear of giving up a secure job, concentrate on the equally frightening possibility of someday looking back with regret.

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How do you prevent the same downfall that Secret faced?

11

So it's pretty much a cost sink, and ISPs who tried to start charging (for this service that had dramatically increased costs) were faced with vigorous campaigns.

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Well I used Docker on top of Mesos so I have quite a bit of experience and the above were all problems I faced.

Quote examples

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" but the notion that you as an individual have super-negotiating powers, and that only losers when faced with a pack of lawyers need their own pack of lawyers, is risible" When are you ever faced with a 'pack of lawyers' when getting a job??

2

>> “I work on the plastic molding machine from 6 in the morning to 6 at night,” said Xu Wenquan, a tiny, baby-faced 16-year-old whose hands were covered with blisters.

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Remote attestation is nothing else than an attempt to correct this "problem." The very word "trusted" in the phrase "trusted computing" is a bold-faced lie.

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And couple that with the fact that media production is very hit or miss (you can spend 150MM on a movie and have no one watch it, or make 1B), you are faced with something you can seemingly only "disrupt" by spending as much as everyone else.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use faced in a sentence?

The bald-faced entitlement that has spouted from the mouths of non-techy friends and acquaintances has embarrassed me.

What does faced mean?

Having the outer surface dressed, with the front, as of a dress, covered ornamentally with another material.

What part of speech is faced?

faced is commonly used as adjective.