face time

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noun

: the amount of time one spends appearing on television

: time spent in a face-to-face meeting with someone

: time spent at one's place of employment especially beyond normal work hours

FaceTime

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verb

Face·Time ˈfās-ˌtīm

variants also Facetime

FaceTimed also Facetimed; FaceTiming also Facetiming; FaceTimes also Facetimes

transitive + intransitive

: to use the FaceTime service to make calls (see call entry 2 sense 8) with enabled video support

The comedian, 43, said he's been keeping in close contact with best pal Adele, 32, as the pair have been constantly FaceTiming each other from opposite ends of the world.—

Nika Shakhnazarova

They Facetimed during labor, and she laughs as she recalls he urged her to make things go faster so he could see the birth, but to no avail.—

Susan Bromley

Examples of face time in a Sentence

Noun He hoped to get more face time with the president. Some bosses think lots of face time is a sign of loyalty to the company. a celebrity who has been getting a lot of face time

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Noun

Palmer is far from alone in her feelings—some 400,000 people make their way to the refuge annually, hoping to get a little face time with these intriguing animals. —

Valerie Rains, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2025 Trump has shown his face at plenty of sporting events over the years, getting face time at numerous UFC events. —

Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025 Very Hot: Sara got face time with Squid Game Season 2 stars Park Gyu-Young, Lee Seo-Hwan and Wi Ha-jun, as the show continued to deliver monster numbers. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025 But it’s been hard work with considerable face time, especially during the early days. —

Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for face time