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front.

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/fɹʌnt/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/fɹɐnt/Australia, New-Zealand/fɹʊnt/Northern-England
  1. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The side of a building with the main entrance.

    countable · uncountable
    I'll go out the front, and you go out the back.
    Flowering plants cascaded down the fronts of the buildings.
  3. A field of activity.

    countable · uncountable
  4. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

    countable · uncountable
    Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.
  5. 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.
  6. An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

    countable · uncountable
  7. The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

    countable · uncountable
  8. The direction of the enemy.

    countable · uncountable
  9. When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

    countable · uncountable
  10. A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

    countable · historical · uncountable
  11. Cheek; boldness; impudence.

    countable · dated · uncountable
  12. A woman's breast.

    countable · dated · euphemistic · in-plural · uncountable
  13. 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.
    You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself.
  14. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

    countable · historical · uncountable
  15. The most conspicuous part.

    countable · uncountable
  16. The beginning.

    countable · uncountable
  17. A seafront or coastal promenade.

    UK · countable · uncountable
  18. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  19. 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
  20. A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).

    countable · in-plural · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.

adj/fɹʌnt/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/fɹɐnt/Australia, New-Zealand/fɹʊnt/Northern-England
  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).

Where this word comes from

From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.

verb/fɹʌnt/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/fɹɐnt/Australia, New-Zealand/fɹʊnt/Northern-England
  1. To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

    dated · intransitive
  2. To face, be opposite to.

    transitive
  3. To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

    transitive
  4. To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.

    transitive
  5. To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

    intransitive · transitive
  6. To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).

    transitive
  7. To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

    intransitive · slang
  8. To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

    transitive
  9. 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
  10. To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

    colloquial · transitive
  11. To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

    intransitive · slang
  12. To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

    slang · transitive
  13. To appear before.

    transitive
    to front court
  14. To act cocky, disrespectful and aggressive; to confront (someone).

    intransitive · slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.

intj/fɹʌnt/Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation/fɹɐnt/Australia, New-Zealand/fɹʊnt/Northern-England
  1. Used to summon a worker on duty, such as a bellhop.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.

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