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- 1 Located at or near the front.
"The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor."
- 2 Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). comparable
"The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects."
- 3 Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).
"Contracts are available for every month in the front year but do not extend over a year."
- 1 relating to or located in the front wordnet
- 1 Used to summon a worker on duty, such as a bellhop.
"Front, boy. Front, boy. Front, boy. Front, boy. You four boys show Mr. and Mrs. Gilbreth and their seven—-or so—-Irishmen to 503, 504, 505, 506, and 507."
- 1 The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. countable, uncountable
- 2 the side that is seen or that goes first wordnet
- 3 The side of a building with the main entrance. countable, uncountable
"Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path[…]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights."
- 4 the outward appearance of a person wordnet
- 5 A field of activity. countable, uncountable
"Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training."
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- 6 a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals wordnet
- 7 A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group. countable, uncountable
"Near-synonyms: frontperson, frontman, front man"
- 8 the side that is forward or prominent wordnet
- 9 The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. countable, uncountable
"We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail."
- 10 the line along which opposing armies face each other wordnet
- 11 An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. countable, uncountable
- 12 the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer wordnet
- 13 The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. countable, uncountable
- 14 the immediate proximity of someone or something wordnet
- 15 The direction of the enemy. countable, uncountable
- 16 a person used as a cover for some questionable activity wordnet
- 17 When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. countable, uncountable
- 18 (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses wordnet
- 19 A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. countable, historical, uncountable
- 20 a sphere of activity involving effort wordnet
- 21 Cheek; boldness; impudence. countable, dated, uncountable
- 22 A woman's breast. countable, dated, euphemistic, in-plural, uncountable
"[…] there was one bare breast sticking out, the tip of it disappearing into Enid's father's mouth. She had told her mother about this in perfect certainty that she had seen it. She said, "One of her fronts was stuck in Daddy's mouth.""
- 23 An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. countable, informal, uncountable
"He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front."
- 24 That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. countable, historical, uncountable
"like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears a front"
- 25 The most conspicuous part. countable, uncountable
"the very head and front of my offending"
- 26 The beginning. countable, uncountable
"summer's front"
- 27 A seafront or coastal promenade. UK, countable, uncountable
- 28 The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue."
- 29 The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation. countable, dated, slang, uncountable
- 30 A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth). countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable
"I'm saying, man, them fronts? That car? Who is you, Chiron?"
- 1 To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. dated, intransitive
"The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep."
- 2 confront bodily wordnet
- 3 To face, be opposite to. transitive
"After saluting her, he led her to a couch that fronted us, where they both sat down, and the young Genoese helped her to a glass of wine, with some Naples biscuit on a salver."
- 4 be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to wordnet
- 5 To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. transitive
"Know you not Gaueston hath store of golde, Which may in Ireland purchase him such friends, As he will front the mightiest of vs all,"
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- 6 To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front. transitive
"Three tiers of balconies fronted with roped columns supporting arched openings looked down on the marble hall."
- 7 To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. intransitive, transitive
"The velar plosives are often fronted through the influence of a following front vowel, and retracted through the influence of a following back vowel."
- 8 To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc). transitive
"[…] in the clause, only the adjective may be fronted; but if both a past participle and a verbal particle are present, either may be fronted. Topicalization, in which maximal projections are fronted to express pragmatics such as contrast, emphasis, ..."
- 9 To act as a front (for); to cover (for). intransitive, slang
"Everybody knew Skopas fronted for the fight mob even though he was officially the arena manager."
- 10 To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). transitive
"Ray Winstone is fronting a campaign for the Football Association that aims to stop pushy parents shouting abuse at their children during the grassroots football season."
- 11 Of an alter in a person with multiplicity (especially in dissociative identity disorder): to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the person's body. ambitransitive
"Fronting can be understood as a representation of who controls the system, that is, the person to whom you are speaking. Emilia was typically the person fronting her system."
- 12 To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. colloquial, transitive
"I'm prepared to say that I fronted you the money for a business deal with me, and the investment paid off brilliantly."
- 13 To assume false or disingenuous appearances. intransitive, slang
"So when I tell people where I'm from and check their reactions, I know in my heart I'm just frontin’. Because the way and where I lived then pales when compared to the way and where many youths are living today."
- 14 To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). slang, transitive
"You think that you can front when revelation comes? / You can't front on that"
- 15 To appear before. transitive
"to front court"
- 16 To act cocky, disrespectful and aggressive; to confront (someone). intransitive, slang, transitive
Etymology
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
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