front

Plural: fronts

Noun

• the side that is forward or prominent
• the line along which opposing armies face each other
• the outward appearance of a person
  • "he put up a bold front"
• the side that is seen or that goes first
• a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
• a sphere of activity involving effort
  • "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"
  • "they advertise on many different fronts"
• (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
• the immediate proximity of someone or something
  • "he was well behaved in front of company"
• the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
  • "he walked to the front of the stage"
• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
  • "he led the national liberation front"
• The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
• The side of a building with the main entrance.
• A field of activity.
• A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
• 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.
• An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
• The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
• The direction of the enemy.
• When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
• A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
• Cheek; boldness; impudence.
• A woman's breast.
• An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
• That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
• The most conspicuous part.
• The beginning.
• A seafront or coastal promenade.
• The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
• The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
• A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).

Verb

Verb Forms: fronted, fronting, fronts

• To face or be situated with the front towards something.
• be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
• confront bodily
• To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
• To face, be opposite to.
• To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
• To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
• To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
• To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
• To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
• To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
• 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.
• To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
• To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
• To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
• To appear before.
• To act cocky, disrespectful and aggressive; to confront (someone).

Adjective

• Pertaining to the forward part; articulated at the front of the mouth.
• relating to or located in the front
  • "the front lines"
  • "the front porch"

Adj

• Located at or near the front.
• 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).
• 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).

Examples

• He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.
• Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.
• She decided to front her strong words at the beginning of the game to gain an early lead.
• The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.
• The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
• The word’s front letters were perfect for connecting to an existing word on the board.
• to front court
• 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.
• You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself.

Synonyms

battlefront, breast, face, figurehead, forepart, front end, front line, front man, look, movement, nominal head, presence, social movement, straw man, strawman, feign, first, fore, lead, prompt, put on airs

Antonyms

back, rear, derrière, last

Related Words

affront, effrontery, front vowel

Anagrams of front