noun
- A person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another.
- synonyms: counterpart, opposite number
- Small sofa that seats two people.
- synonyms: love seat, loveseat, tete-a-tete
adverb
- Face-to-face with; literally `face to face'.
- usage: "they sat vis-a-vis at the table"; "I found myself vis-a-vis a burly policeman"
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