head-on

adjetivo

1. 1

   Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating; uncompromising

   a head-on approach to a problem

   In what way do we benefit from speaking of things indirectly? How does such a distancing allow us to better discover - and describe - people and objects? How does distancing produce an effect? Westerners find it natural and normal to meet the world head-on. But what can we gain from approaching the world obliquely?

2. 2

   Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion.

   Getting into a head-on collision is dangerous.

   This secondary collision, head-on with a closing speed of 142mph, caused the DVT to veer off to the left. Many of the coaches behind it overturned and careered into an adjacent field.

adverbio

1. 1

   With the front of a vehicle.

   Wave direction and frequency (period) are two factors that influence the effect of waves on a moored ship. Whether the ship responds by surging, swaying or yawing will depend on whether the waves are striking the moored vessel head-on, beam-on or quartering, the frequency of the waves and the manner in which the tanker is moored.

2. 2

   With direct confrontation.

   During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.

   And there is little research to address the issue head on. A previous study, published in 2000, surveyed doctors and found that three quarters of them said some patients addressed them by their first name.

sustantivo

1. 1

   A collision from the front.

   He was injured in a head-on with a larger vehicle.

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head-ons