front
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English frount: forehead, brow, front
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- IPA: /fɹʌnt/
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- Rhymes: -ʌnt
[edit] Noun
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front (plural fronts)
- The side or end of something that faces the direction it normally moves.
- The side of a building with the main entrance.
- A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group
- An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
- (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.
- (meteorology) An area where masses of warm and cold air meet, often resulting in precipitation.
- (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
- (military) The direction of the enemy.
- (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
- (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
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facing side
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main entrance side
area of conflict
area where hot and cold air meet
public face of covert organisation
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front (not comparable)
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- Located at or near the front.
- The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
- (phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.
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located at or near the front
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to front (third-person singular simple present fronts, present participle fronting, simple past and past participle fronted)
- To lead or be the spokesperson of a group.
- (intransitive) To provide money or financial assistance in advance.
- If you can't afford to buy it, I will front you the money.
- "To put on airs," or to pretend.
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To provide money or financial assistance in advance
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front, m.
- front
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front m.
- (subdivision of the Soviet army): front
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front m. (plural fronts)
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| Inflection for front | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | front | fronten | fronter | fronterna |
| Genitive | fronts | frontens | fronters | fronternas |
front c.
- 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."
- Bilen hade fått en ful buckla på fronten.
- 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)
- front - area were hot and cold air meet
- 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.
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