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2 days ago · head-on. 1. adverb [ADVERB after verb] If two vehicles hit each other head-on, they hit each other with their fronts pointing towards each other. Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van. Head-on is also an adjective . Their car was in a head-on smash with an articulated lorry.
adjective, adverb. us / ˈhedˈɔn, -ˈɑn / Add to word list. direct or directly: We should have sat down and addressed the issues head-on. If two vehicles hit head-on, their fronts hit each other directly: The head-on collision left three people dead. (Definition of head-on from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
adj. 1. meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision. 2. facing forward; frontal. 3. characterized by direct opposition: a head-on confrontation. adv. 4. with the front or head foremost, esp. in a collision. 5. in direct opposition. [1830–40, Amer.]
adjective. [only before noun] in which the front part of one vehicle hits the front part of another vehicle a head-on crash/collision. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
adjective. (of two objects) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision. facing the direction of forward motion or alignment; frontal. characterized by direct opposition: a head-on confrontation. See more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ˌhead-ˈon adverb 1 → crash/collide/smash etc head-on 2 if someone deals with a problem head-on, they do not try to avoid it, but deal with it in a direct and determined way face/tackle/meet something head-on The police are trying to tackle car crime head-on. 3 if two people or teams meet head-on in...
Definitions of head-on. adjective. meeting front to front. “a head-on collision” synonyms: frontal. front. relating to or located in the front. adjective. characterized by direct opposition. “a head-on confrontation” synonyms: hostile. characterized by enmity or ill will. adverb. with the front foremost. “the cars collided head-on ” adverb.
