Meaning & use
in-person
Happening face to face, with people physically present in the same place, rather than remotely.
See it in a sentence
After two years of video calls, the team finally held an in-person meeting.
The university resumed in-person classes once public health guidelines allowed it.
A note on using this word
In-person is hyphenated when it modifies a noun directly, as in 'in-person interview,' but is sometimes written open as an adverb: 'attend in person.'
Words with a similar meaning
face-to-face
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Words with an opposite meaning
remotevirtual
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