Meaning & use

in person

phrase·Everyday

Physically present in the same place as someone else, rather than by phone, video, or mail.

See it in a sentence

We finally met in person after months of talking only through video calls.

The judge required the witness to testify in person rather than remotely.

A note on using this word

Write it as two words after a verb, as in meet in person, but hyphenate it as an adjective before a noun, as in an in-person meeting.

Words with a similar meaning

face to face

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Words with an opposite meaning

remotelyvirtually

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