Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

head-to-head

/ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.21 in modern English

Syllables: head---to--head
IPA: /ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

6

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Direct, one-to-one.

adv

Facing one another.

adv

Directly, one-to-one.

Example Sentences

"For years, Southwest sought to avoid head-to-head competition with big, traditional airlines."
"Fat Bear Week, which started in 2014, is an annual competition where brown bears from Alaska's Katmai National Park face off in head-to-head matchups -- similar to a March Madness bracket -- with people around the world voting for who they believe is the fattest of the bunch, the National Park Service said in a press release."

Inflected Forms

more head-to-head (comparative) most head-to-head (superlative) head to head (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

arm-in-arm back-to-back cheek-by-jowl cheek-to-cheek ear-to-ear elbow-to-elbow end-to-end eye-to-eye

Synonyms

tête-à-tête neck and neck nip and tuck tete-a-tete

Questions

How do you pronounce head-to-head?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhɛd tu ˈhɛd/.
What does head-to-head mean?: Direct, one-to-one.

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