forefront
English
Etymology
From Middle English forefrount, forfrount, forefronte, equivalent to fore- + front.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹfɹʌnt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfɔːfɹʌnt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "rhotic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /fo(ː)ɹfɹʌnt/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "nonrhotic" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /foəfɹʌnt/
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Noun
forefront (plural forefronts)
- The leading position or edge.
- 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
- It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.
- That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.
Translations
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Verb
forefront (third-person singular simple present forefronts, present participle forefronting, simple past and past participle forefronted)
- (transitive) To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on.
- 2015 July 8, Anne Rogers et al., “Meso level influences on long term condition self-management: stakeholder accounts of commonalities and differences across six European countries”, in BMC Public Health[1], volume 15, :
- 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.
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