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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 Czech 3.1 Noun 4 French 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English frount: forehead, brow, front

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /fɹʌnt/
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• Rhymes: -ʌnt

[edit] Noun

front (plural fronts)

1. The side or end of something that faces the direction it normally moves.
2. The side of a building with the main entrance.
3. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group
4. An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
5. (meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. Fronts receive their names from the movement of the air masses involved.
6. (meteorology) An area where masses of warm and cold air meet, often resulting in precipitation.
7. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
8. (military) The direction of the enemy.
9. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
10. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

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• back
• rear

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[edit] Translations

• Ido: avano
• Spanish: frente m. (3,4)

[edit] Adjective

front (not comparable)

1. Located at or near the front.

   The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

2. (phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.

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• (located near the front): first, lead

[edit] Antonyms

• (located near the front): back, last, rear
• (of a vowel): back

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[edit] Verb

to front (third-person singular simple present fronts, present participle fronting, simple past and past participle fronted)

1. To lead or be the spokesperson of a group.
2. (intransitive) To provide money or financial assistance in advance.

   If you can't afford to buy it, I will front you the money.

3. "To put on airs," or to pretend.

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front, m.

1. front

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front m.

1. (subdivision of the Soviet army): front

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fʁɔ̃/, SAMPA: /fRO~/

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front m. (plural fronts)

1. forehead

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for front	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	front	fronten	fronter	fronterna
Genitive	fronts	frontens	fronters	fronternas

front c.

1. The front end or side of something.

   Bilen hade fått en ful buckla på fronten.

   "There was an ugly bump on the front of the car."

2. front - the area were two armies are fighting each other.

   På västfronten intet nytt (All Quiet on the Western Front, book by Erich Maria Remarque)

3. front - area were hot and cold air meet
4. front - one aspect of a larger undertaking which is temporarily seen as a separate undertaking in order to evaluate its progress in relationship to the whole.

[edit] Derived terms

• västfront
• östfront
• kallfront
• varmfront