face time

1. noun In-person interaction with someone. If only I could get some face time with one of those directors, I just know I could convince them to make my script into a movie.

2. verb, slang To video chat with someone using the app FaceTime. In this usage, the phrase is usually stylized as one word, like the app's name. I FaceTimed Tim earlier and he seems to be feeling better. I couldn't go home for Thanksgiving, so I FaceTimed my family instead.

face time

n. time spent face to face with someone. (As opposed to over the telephone or by email, etc.) I need to have more face time with my children.

See also: face, time

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

timing
look alike
bummer
birdturd
turd
angle
angling
beater

References in periodicals archive

Dialogue with your child about the importance of connecting with others in face time. Talk with her about how communicating with someone in person feels, to help her believe in the importance of the development of these relationships, not just because you are telling her it is important.

Kids and technology: should parents be concerned?

When I reflect on this past year, I recognize that "face time" was an integral part of our strategy with the Hill and the FCC as well.

Face time

"It should not be paying for trips because these trips provide an opportunity to have one-on-one face time. Other people don't get that chance."

Conservative Christians should reconsider politics, columnist says

It creates that face time for everyone which is so important in having organization."

Real estate associations have a place at emergency table

People may want face time with their elephants, but when they try interacting with human beings different from themselves, virtual is better, argue two Israel-based researchers in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (April 2006).

Keystroke diplomacy: beats being there

Yes, I'm extremely interested in gay politics and issues and stars, but sometimes it just feels good to see a hot, accomplished athletic chick getting some face time in the media!

Hot jock

Many decision makers have built very successful practices using old accounting employment models in which face time is key and 80-hour workweeks standard if people want to advance.

Not your father's CPA firm! Mary Kay Humfeld talks about a new employment model

It comes with the territory and your chosen profession, with all of its multi-million dollar contracts, TV face time, admiring fan base, and endorsements.

Slugging it out on the Hill: time to strike out the steroid menace

Teacher preparation programs unquestionably face time pressure, but Imig makes the unwarranted inference that more course work would produce better-balanced reading lists.

Teaching teachers

* Executive education and EMBA programs are blending face time with Web time.

Executive education: the new school

Other missteps identified by recruiters were committing cultural gaffes and/or political suicide (16 percent), waiting too long to implement change (16 percent), not spending enough face time with subordinates (14 percent), getting sidetracked by "fire drills" (11 percent) and hesitating on tough personnel decisions (10 percent).

Job transitioning; Most common failing: setting strategic goals

Employees surveyed had little interest in more face time with the boss.

Workplace

The One-on-One Walk & Run program fosters all-too-infrequent "face time" between adults and children--or, for that matter, children and children--in a healthy setting.

Toward youth fitness, one step at a time

Convio's Bhagat says that online tools can make it much easier to maintain relationships with those few hundred hot prospects, instead of juggling the phone and snail mail to stay in touch between face time.

Learning from Howard Dean: Dean may be out of the running, but that doesn't mean college fundraisers can't learn from him

With no marketing experience or material, Kozlowski says it was a tough challenge to pick up a phone to makes a sales pitch to a prospective client or start door-knocking to get some one-on-one face time. "I'd never sold anything," says the managing director of the Thunder Bay-based I.T.

Dot.com survivor connects with clients

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释义	face time face time 1. noun In-person interaction with someone. If only I could get some face time with one of those directors, I just know I could convince them to make my script into a movie. 2. verb, slang To video chat with someone using the app FaceTime. In this usage, the phrase is usually stylized as one word, like the app's name. I FaceTimed Tim earlier and he seems to be feeling better. I couldn't go home for Thanksgiving, so I FaceTimed my family instead. See also: face, time Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. face time n. time spent face to face with someone. (As opposed to over the telephone or by email, etc.) I need to have more face time with my children. See also: face, time McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: timing look alike bummer birdturd turd angle angling beater References in periodicals archive Dialogue with your child about the importance of connecting with others in face time. Talk with her about how communicating with someone in person feels, to help her believe in the importance of the development of these relationships, not just because you are telling her it is important. Kids and technology: should parents be concerned? When I reflect on this past year, I recognize that "face time" was an integral part of our strategy with the Hill and the FCC as well. Face time "It should not be paying for trips because these trips provide an opportunity to have one-on-one face time. Other people don't get that chance." Conservative Christians should reconsider politics, columnist says It creates that face time for everyone which is so important in having organization." Real estate associations have a place at emergency table People may want face time with their elephants, but when they try interacting with human beings different from themselves, virtual is better, argue two Israel-based researchers in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (April 2006). Keystroke diplomacy: beats being there Yes, I'm extremely interested in gay politics and issues and stars, but sometimes it just feels good to see a hot, accomplished athletic chick getting some face time in the media! Hot jock Many decision makers have built very successful practices using old accounting employment models in which face time is key and 80-hour workweeks standard if people want to advance. Not your father's CPA firm! Mary Kay Humfeld talks about a new employment model It comes with the territory and your chosen profession, with all of its multi-million dollar contracts, TV face time, admiring fan base, and endorsements. Slugging it out on the Hill: time to strike out the steroid menace Teacher preparation programs unquestionably face time pressure, but Imig makes the unwarranted inference that more course work would produce better-balanced reading lists. Teaching teachers * Executive education and EMBA programs are blending face time with Web time. Executive education: the new school Other missteps identified by recruiters were committing cultural gaffes and/or political suicide (16 percent), waiting too long to implement change (16 percent), not spending enough face time with subordinates (14 percent), getting sidetracked by "fire drills" (11 percent) and hesitating on tough personnel decisions (10 percent). Job transitioning; Most common failing: setting strategic goals Employees surveyed had little interest in more face time with the boss. Workplace The One-on-One Walk & Run program fosters all-too-infrequent "face time" between adults and children--or, for that matter, children and children--in a healthy setting. Toward youth fitness, one step at a time Convio's Bhagat says that online tools can make it much easier to maintain relationships with those few hundred hot prospects, instead of juggling the phone and snail mail to stay in touch between face time. Learning from Howard Dean: Dean may be out of the running, but that doesn't mean college fundraisers can't learn from him With no marketing experience or material, Kozlowski says it was a tough challenge to pick up a phone to makes a sales pitch to a prospective client or start door-knocking to get some one-on-one face time. "I'd never sold anything," says the managing director of the Thunder Bay-based I.T. Dot.com survivor connects with clients
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