What does vis-a-vis mean? It is used in the sentence below?

Question

Here is the sentence it is used in: "The first contrast is the poverty as shown Griet’s family vis-a-vis the wealth and prestige of the Vermeer’s"

Answer 1

face-to-face

or rather

"one person faced with an other"

Answer 2

i thought it was a marker =]

Answer 3

In answer to your sentence = in relation to, OR, in contrast to

vis-a-vis:

prep.

1. Face to face with; opposite to.

2. Compared with.

3. In relation to.

adv.

Face to face.

n. pl. vis-à-vis (-vz, -v)

1. One that is face to face with or opposite to another.

2. A date or an escort, as at a party.

3. One that has the same functions and characteristics as another; a counterpart.

Answer 4

"Vis-à-vis" is French for "face-to-face" and in your sentence means "as compared to".

Answer 5

It means ' face to face'.

In your context , the writer has come face-to-face with the poverty in Griet's family, as opposed with the affluence and status in Vermeer's . It is a stark contrast.

Answer 6

In this sentence it means "in relation to" more than face to face.

Answer 7

In this context, it means "relating to."

Answer 8

vis-a-vis means tete-a-tete or head-to-head

I think this sentence is ok

Answer 9

face to face

in comparison