Meaning & use
in person
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
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
remotelyvirtually
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