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Naija

Alternative forms

  • serious 0.47 1131, cause 0.43 1775, seriousness 0.41 6, solve 0.41 308, involve 0.40 185, handle 0.40 552, hold 0.38 1315, adress 0.38 5, evidence 0.38 198

Etymology

Borrowed from English face

Pronunciation

  • feɪs

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Frequency

  • Frequency in NSC treebank: 30
  • Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 353
  • Frequency in raw corpus: 1956
  • Frequency rank in raw corpus: 192

The word is used more in written texts than orally.


Noun

face: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:291)
    Wizkid must show face  — (bbc__101082, __no translation__)
    But dia ancestors fit show face.  — (bbc__75191, __no translation__)
  2. case (frequency:46)
    Di man no kuku write I don marry for face.  — (LAG_36_Marriage_DG__17, The man did not really write I am married on his face.)
    Na only oil man pikin just dey rub for face.  — (IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__37, I've just been rubbing oil on my face.)
  3. det-nmod (frequency:20)
    Look the people face.  — (jw__7031, __no translation__)
    Efe Sodje na di face of di charity  — (bbc__46475, __no translation__)
  4. nmod (frequency:16)
    So no look person face.  — (LAG_03_Lagos-Life_M__65, Don't mind people's face.)
    make we dey look God face  — (deuber__4527, __no translation__)
  5. det (frequency:14)
    You fit slap person for Nigeria and you go see sey di face red.  — (KAD_21_Cameroon-School_DG__15, You can slap a person in Nigeria and you will see that the face is red.)
    Di business don big sotay authorities sef no fit comot dia face again.  — (bbc__102450, __no translation__)
  6. amod (frequency:13)
    Give police new face  — (bbc__54256, __no translation__)
    As we see happy face full this place,  — (jw__3328, __no translation__)
  7. obl:arg (frequency:10)
    Opposition no show face for di ceremony.  — (bbc__79222, __no translation__)
    Overseas jollof show face for di festival.  — (bbc__79763, __no translation__)
  8. case-det (frequency:6)
    Di few supporters wey dey there no get any smile for dia face.  — (bbc__34420, __no translation__)
    Wen pipo come visit me, dia plan na to come tell me sorry but at di end of di day dem dey leave wit smile for dia face.  — (bbc__7558, __no translation__)
  9. acl (frequency:5)
    President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar, no dey even see face to face for one year now.  — (bbc__17340, __no translation__)
    Before you carry your wife go di luxurious wey una rent!Chiefu, no be luxurious dem dey call am, na face to face.Eva Eva, Evaristus!  — (deuber__4100, __no translation__)
  10. cc (frequency:4)
    The helmet wey Roman soldier de wear de protect their head, neck and face.  — (jw__30952, __no translation__)
    Some pipo name and face no too show well well for di register wey INEC release for some places  — (bbc__91481, __no translation__)
  11. obj (frequency:2)
    Na dere, na dere man dey, man still dey hide him face for dere base on, base on logistics.  — (LAG_18_Lagos-Districts_M__57, It is there... it is there I was; I am still hiding my face there based on... based on logistics,)
    Choupo take e responsibility as captain for de match and as forward put smile for fans dia face with de beautiful shot.  — (bbc__25546, __no translation__)
  12. dep (frequency:2)
    how person body come dey green green like dis uh all di face wey dey for di person body come dey green like uh water leaf?  — (deuber__3807, __no translation__)
    Sia say di moment wey Maddie say she no like her fame again, e go end US singer, Sia don come on top social media to talk about why she dey expose 15-year-old pickin dancer to di same show business wey she dey always hide face from.  — (bbc__89490, __no translation__)
  13. conj (frequency:2)
    For some polling units wey BBC visit, election officials no show face and thugs pursue voters and agents of opposition parts  — (bbc__52354, __no translation__)
    One woman tok about di pain wey dey always worry her for back, neck and knee and how she go wake up in di morning wit swollen hands, face and feet.  — (bbc__79024, __no translation__)
  14. amod-det (frequency:2)
    Dem find out say di goats prefer di smiling faces, dem go first go where di happy face dey before even look di side of foto wey get vex-vex face.  — (bbc__30066, __no translation__)
    Na since 2017 dem commission di first face but sake of some confusion between di University den Health Ministry over who go manage di facility, dem neva fit open am.  — (bbc__71765, __no translation__)

Derived forms

  1. Florida shooting: Trump say Russia investigation cover FBI face  — (bbc__49402, __no translation__)
    Florida school shooting: Students dey carry vex go Washington Florida shooting: Trump say Russia investigation cover FBI face  — (bbc__49397, __no translation__)
  1. Google don explain why Trump face dey appear wen you type 'idiot' Five times wey McCain and Trump enta one trouser  — (bbc__54639, __no translation__)
    Wetin protesters for Reddit, wey be American tori website, do na to turn Google setting upside down so dat 'idiot' and Trump face go lock dia sef like magnet.  — (bbc__99537, __no translation__)
  1. you come wear face cap to hide face after e bin die for your car...  — (bbc__88571, __no translation__)
    Fayose wey dress like school boy, wear T-shirt wey dem customize EFCC I'm Here wit jeans and face cap.  — (bbc__48813, __no translation__)
  1. Joshua wear black suit jacket and grey trousers, and di look on im face show say e really happi say im don return 5 years afta to collect anoda accolade from di Prince of Wales, wey also present di 2013 award to am.  — (bbc__61281, __no translation__)
    Reuters Na police officials wey cover face show to block lawmakers for National Assembly last week Tori dey come in say police for Nigeria on Wednesday detain one tori pesin for Premium Times sake of say im no tell police who give am informate on top one tori.  — (bbc__85333, __no translation__)
  1. But since dis app wey dey edit pesin face go viral recently, some pipo don dey raise concern on top di app terms and conditions.  — (bbc__23439, __no translation__)
    FaceApp Everybodi dey tok about FaceApp - dat na di app wey go fit edit foto of pesin face to show wen im dey young or how im go look for old age.  — (bbc__48359, __no translation__)
  1. Oloko say, China get population of 1.4 billion and dem go first settle dia own citizens before dem look oda pipo face.  — (bbc__77353, __no translation__)
    See foto of APC first presidential campaign rally for Uyo Some pipo face and name no show well-well inside INEC voters register  — (bbc__87481, __no translation__)

Synonyms

  • serious 0.47 1131, cause 0.43 1775, seriousness 0.41 6, solve 0.41 308, involve 0.40 185, handle 0.40 552, hold 0.38 1315, adress 0.38 5, evidence 0.38 198

Antonyms

  • serious 0.47 1131, cause 0.43 1775, seriousness 0.41 6, solve 0.41 308, involve 0.40 185, handle 0.40 552, hold 0.38 1315, adress 0.38 5, evidence 0.38 198

Translations

  • English: no definition


Verb

face: no definition -- Definition in Naija?


  1. - (frequency:93)
    Face?  — (IBA_17_Julie-And-Danile_DG__31, Face ?)
    But March come go, im no show face.  — (bbc__21460, __no translation__)
  2. mark-obj (frequency:59)
    You power to face the problem.  — (jw__47785, __no translation__)
    To face people wey dey try you.  — (jw__37647, __no translation__)
  3. obj (frequency:55)
    Fit help us face problem.  — (jw__10712, __no translation__)
    Later, Sennacherib come face Jerusalem.  — (jw__34008, __no translation__)
  4. obl:arg (frequency:42)
    Ambode, Tinubu no show face for Sanwo-Olu inauguration  — (bbc__14681, __no translation__)
    EPA Jacob Zuma' supporters dem show face for di Inquiry  — (bbc__46040, __no translation__)
  5. aux-obj (frequency:27)
    Na only young people dey face wahala?  — (jw__46468, __no translation__)
    Na heavy, heavy challenge now dey face dem.  — (ENU_19_Football-Fans-Discussion_DG__125, It's very heavy challenges that are facing them.)
  6. aux-nsubj (frequency:25)
    No matter wetin you dey face,  — (jw__27235, __no translation__)
    Boris Johnson dey face 'sack'?  — (bbc__100211, __no translation__)
  7. nsubj-obj (frequency:16)
    Timothy face many wahala.  — (jw__37508, __no translation__)
    to make sure dem face justice.  — (ja102__3674, __no translation__)
  8. obl:mod (frequency:13)
    Na only two out of di three judge dem for di Tribunal show face on Monday.  — (bbc__71641, __no translation__)
    We hear say church service too go show face for Sunday for di same reason.  — (deuber__36, __no translation__)
  9. cc-obj (frequency:12)
    make people go work, and face their business.  — (bbc__69951, __no translation__)
    Whether now or later, we go choose wetin we want do and face wetin go come out of am.  — (jw__45400, __no translation__)
  10. mark (frequency:11)
    Meanwhile, Mr Joshua get some business to face.  — (bbc__66439, __no translation__)
    God don create man become huma-, man, we get a lot of tins to face, we get a lot of cross to carry.  — (NST_cleaned__40570, __no translation__)
  11. aux (frequency:5)
    So haha na wetin you dey face I dey face.  — (NST_cleaned__15003, __no translation__)
    One time dey sef wey l wan kill myself to free myself for di wahala l dey face, Musbahu confess.  — (bbc__5615, __no translation__)
  12. nsubj (frequency:5)
    Illegal immigration na im Nigeria and Germany face  — (bbc__58047, __no translation__)
    Reuters Na campaign na im Uhuru Kenyatta face, for now  — (bbc__85323, __no translation__)
  13. dep (frequency:3)
    APC women and men wear cloth wey dem put Muhammadu Buhari face ontop  — (bbc__10884, __no translation__)
    E go do some kain calculation for you face base on di foto wey you put for di app and adjust am based on oda imagery.  — (bbc__28752, __no translation__)
  14. advmod (frequency:3)
    na two of dem first time to show face there How dis all-American semis happen?  — (bbc__64768, __no translation__)
    You no know sey dat tin wey dey comot for people face sho, sho, sho, hm you know sey na im be di monkey pox?  — (ENU_12_Social-Life_DG__41, You don't know that the thing which comes off people's face in spots, hm ! do you know that it is the monkey pox ?)
  15. aux-mark (frequency:2)
    President Muhammadu Buhari don comot inside press statement to tok ontop say court don free Senator Bukola Saraki, im tok say no mata di challenge wey di kontri judicial system dey face, di system dey work and make dem no allow anybody to chook hand to spoil am.  — (bbc__18839, __no translation__)
    Bukola Saraki, today, don tell di authority-dem of wi naija immigration service, to work and to make sure dem produce international passport booklet-dem boku, to avoid all di suffer-suffer wey wi naija pipo dey face, every day weyn dem dey apply for dis document.  — (ja102__5048, __no translation__)
  16. conj-obj (frequency:2)
    Now, and na for where I grow up for face me, I slap you compound for Kaduna for Kakuri Kaduna, na dere I from learn all of dem.  — (WAZL_13_Nedu_M__8, And it was from where I grew up in a face me I slap you compound in Kaduna, in Kakuri Kaduna, that was where I learnt all of them.)
    Dis 19 year old face wahala to go school after she run from Syria enter Jordan for 2013. She no want any other pickin to face dat kain wahala most especially refugee pickin dem.  — (bbc__40121, __no translation__)

Derived forms

Synonyms

  • serious 0.47 1131, cause 0.43 1775, seriousness 0.41 6, solve 0.41 308, involve 0.40 185, handle 0.40 552, hold 0.38 1315, adress 0.38 5, evidence 0.38 198

Antonyms

  • serious 0.47 1131, cause 0.43 1775, seriousness 0.41 6, solve 0.41 308, involve 0.40 185, handle 0.40 552, hold 0.38 1315, adress 0.38 5, evidence 0.38 198

Translations

  • English: no definition
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