Forefront

//ˈfɔːfɹʌnt// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The leading position or edge.

    "That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology."

  2. 2
    the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field wordnet
  3. 3
    the part in the front or nearest the viewer wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on. transitive

    "The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to diet and healthy lifestyle options."

Synonyms

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vanguardadvance guardairheadanteriorityavant gardeavant-garde

Example

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"Once again, Lojban is at the forefront of human creative experience - which, of course, will slow it down even as it strengthens it, like a tsunami as it approaches a shoreline."

Etymology

From Middle English forefrount, forfrount, forefronte, equivalent to fore- + front.

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