as in personally
in person and usually privately
met tête-à-tête with the student's parents to discuss his disciplinary problems in class
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as in chat
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
had a quick tête-à-tête with my neighbor before heading off to work
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tête-à-tête
Adverb
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For me personally, a fan doesn’t need to try to get in a player’s head.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Strong secondary Single-digit jersey numbers are so coveted that Lewis hands them out personally rather than leaving it to SDSU’s equipment manager.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Sales Business’ Challenges In the roaring 1990s, the heyday of pre-sales and output deals, Patrick Wachsberger was able to cover 125% of a budget via bank finance and pre-sales, or so interviewer Roeg Sutherland in a warm humored chat.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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No Twitch account to even try to gift him or the chat!—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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North Korea has made significant advances in its nuclear and ballistic missile programs in the absence of talks.—
Stella Kim,
NBC news,
26 Sep. 2025
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During a bedtime conversation between Kaz and Caesar, for example, their dog keeps licking Caesar as Kaz tries to have a serious talk with him.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Tête-à-tête.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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