Front

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  • noun. The forward part or surface, as of a building.
  • noun. The area, location, or position directly before or ahead.
  • noun. A position of leadership or superiority.
  • noun. The forehead or face, especially of a bird or other animal.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Demeanor or bearing, especially in the presence of danger or difficulty.
  • noun. An outward, often feigned, appearance or manner.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Land bordering a lake, river, or street.
  • noun. A promenade along the water at a resort.
  • noun. A detachable part of a man's dress shirt covering the chest; a dickey.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The most forward line of a combat force.
  • noun. The area of contact between opposing combat forces; a battlefront.
  • noun. The interface between air masses of different temperatures or densities.
  • noun. A field of activity.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A group or movement uniting various individuals or organizations for the achievement of a common purpose; a coalition.
  • noun. A nominal leader lacking in real authority; a figurehead.
  • noun. An apparently respectable person, group, or business used as a cover for secret or illegal activities.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The first part; the beginning.
  • noun. The face; the countenance.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, aimed at, or located in the front.
  • adjective. Designating vowels produced at or toward the front of the oral cavity, such as the vowels of green and get.
  • intransitive verb. To look out on; face.
  • intransitive verb. To meet in opposition; confront.
  • intransitive verb. To provide a front for.
  • intransitive verb. To serve as a front for.
  • intransitive verb. To lead (a group of musicians).
  • intransitive verb. To provide before payment.
  • intransitive verb. To move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a clause or sentence, typically for emphasis or contrast.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (a vowel) to be pronounced farther toward the front of the oral cavity.
  • intransitive verb. To have a front; face onto something else.
  • intransitive verb. To provide an apparently respectable cover for secret or illegal activities.
  • interjection. Used by a desk clerk in a hotel to summon a bellhop.
  • idiom. (front and center) In the most prominent position.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In phonology, to pronounce with the front of the tongue, or as a ‘front’ sound. See front, II. adjective 3.
  • To meet face to face; come into the presence of; confront.
  • To oppose face to face; oppose directly; encounter.
  • To stand in front of, or opposed or opposite to, or over against; face.
  • To supply with a front; furnish or adorn in front: as, to front a house with granite.
  • To have the face or front toward some point of the compass or some object; be in a confronting or opposed position.
  • To stand foremost.
  • To stand or go in opposition; go counter.
  • noun. In theat, language: That part of a theater which, from the actor's point of view, lies in front of the curtain; the auditorium or audience part; hence, the audience itself: as, to be in the front.
  • noun. Everybody engaged to work before the curtain.
  • noun. Milit., the entire system of defenses constructed along one side of the polygon inclosing the site to be fortified: as, a bastion or polygonal front.
  • noun. The forehead-piece of a bridle, generally of leather with metal trimmings.
  • noun. The exterior surface of a lock mortised into a door; the portion of a lock that is visible and through which the bolt, passes; in a rim-lock, the end facing the doorframe.
  • Word Usage
    "From the inner side of the front crescent, a crescentic _front ridge_ passes inwards and backwards, and its inner face enlarges into a strong longitudinal fold or _pillar_."
    Antonyms
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    back  rear  
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    has_topic
    Auto  Celebrity  Pets  
    Hypernym
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    appearance  area  arena  beguiler  cheat  
    Hyponym
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    bow  
    Rhyme
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    Hunt  Lunt  affront  blunt  brunt  
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    verb-form
    fronted  fronting  fronts