Get to know Facade better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like frontage or frontal.
Facade meaning
- The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
- The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
- A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
Using Facade
- The main meaning on this page is: The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. | The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ. | A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
- Useful related words include: frontage, frontal, front, window dressing.
- In the example corpus, facade often appears in combinations such as: facade of, the facade, facade and.
Context around Facade
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Facade
- In this selection, "facade" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, items, door, front, constitutions, designs and hangs stand out and add context to how "facade" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 28 the facade is designed and a tragic facade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "facade" sits close to words such as allergy, ambrose and anton, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with facade
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A holiday light show played on the facade of the St. Stephen’s Basilica. (14 words)
But beneath the glitzy facade lies a story of threats, forced evictions and bloodshed. (14 words)
Debris also “damaged the facade” of a 25-storey apartment building, the ministry wrote. (14 words)
Although it is not listed, it is a local landmark of interest for features such as its front facade and its windows, all of which are to be restored to their original appearance and original style through the creation of a care home called Egerton Manor. (46 words)
In the picture Frankie was posing in front of a modern looking glass facade with the silver maxi slip dress matching the glassy metallic feel of her surroundings as well as the silvery highlights in her normally dark hair. (39 words)
Kulterman (1970), p. 28 The facade is designed with a rhythmic pattern; it comprises two types of facade designs ("a" and "b") that are ordered laterally in an a-b-a-a-b-a arrangement. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Constructive and decorative items Facade The facade is composed of large blocks of limestone from the Garraf Massif to the first floor of the quarry Villefranche to the higher levels.
Facade constitutions seeAlso Italian political theorist Giovanni Sartori noted the existence of national constitutions which are a facade for authoritarian sources of power.
Kulterman (1970), p. 28 The facade is designed with a rhythmic pattern; it comprises two types of facade designs ("a" and "b") that are ordered laterally in an a-b-a-a-b-a arrangement.
After that, he broke out of that boy next door facade and did films like Haider, Udta Punjab and all.
A holiday light show played on the facade of the St. Stephen’s Basilica.
Alternate one would include exterior alterations to the facade of the health department space and is estimated to cost $1,275,000.
Although it is not listed, it is a local landmark of interest for features such as its front facade and its windows, all of which are to be restored to their original appearance and original style through the creation of a care home called Egerton Manor.
Ambulances and police entered the mine compound on Saturday, on whose facade hangs a portrait of Lenin, an AFP reporter saw.
A Russian artist says he will project a sculpture filled with human blood onto the facade of St Paul’s to protest Prince Harry’s comments about killing Afghan soldiers “like chess pieces”.
A specialist inspects the damaged facade of a multi-story apartment building after a reported drone attack in Moscow on May 30, 2023.
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects associate principal Patricia Culley highlighted the media center courtyard and other facade plans.
But beneath the glitzy facade lies a story of threats, forced evictions and bloodshed.
Cave, claimed off waivers in December, rocked a solo homer off the second-deck facade in right to lead off the fourth for a 1-0 lead.
Chicago passed the nation's first facade inspection law in 1978, after a death caused by tile falling from a building.
Debris also “damaged the facade” of a 25-storey apartment building, the ministry wrote.
Despite the facade created by Mattel that Barbie was a toy for “everyone,” most men feel that they can’t relate to idolizing Barbies.
Facade Renovation Grant is intended to assist with the renovation of facades, as well as the reconstruction of roofs and technological systems.
For a few months the building's facade was just a blank slate of bricks, while a handmade sign sat out front proclaiming that the store was, in fact, open.
However, as fans of the series know too well, that life is a tragic facade.
In the picture Frankie was posing in front of a modern looking glass facade with the silver maxi slip dress matching the glassy metallic feel of her surroundings as well as the silvery highlights in her normally dark hair.
Common combinations with facade
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- facade of 38×
- the facade 31×
- facade and 11×
- facade is 5×
- front facade 5×
- that facade 5×
- facade for 4×
- museum facade 3×
- damaged facade 3×
- glass facade 3×