n.

1. A method of starting play in ice hockey, lacrosse, and other games in which an official drops the puck or ball between two opposing players who contend for its control.
2. A confrontation: “Marshall's face-off with Jefferson in Marbury v. Madison in 1803” (Newsweek).

noun

A face-to-face, usually hostile meeting: confrontation, encounter. See meet.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: start a game by a face-off
  Synonym: bully off

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - konfrontation, face-off, spilstart

Nederlands (Dutch)
confrontatie, begin van een spel

Français (French)
n. - (Sport) remise en jeu, (US) confrontation

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Ice Hockey) Bully

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξεκαθάρισμα λογαριασμών
v. - συγκρούομαι, ξεκαθαρίζω λογαριασμούς

Italiano (Italian)
confronto diretto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - confronto (m)
v. - confrontar-se

Русский (Russian)
конфронтация

Español (Spanish)
n. - (hockey hielo) recomenzar el juego, confrontación directa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tekning, nedsläpp
v. - konfrontera

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
对立, 摊牌

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 對立, 攤牌

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 대결, (아이스하키)시합시작

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - フェースオフ, 会談

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مواجهه (فعل) واجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כוננות לעימות ישיר‬

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