front (frʌnt
)
Definitions
noun
- that part or side that is forward, prominent, or most often seen or used
- a position or place directly before or ahead ⇒
a fountain stood at the front of the building
- the beginning, opening, or first part ⇒
the front of the book
- the position of leadership; forefront; vanguard ⇒
in the front of scientific knowledge
- land bordering a lake, street, etc
- land along a seashore or large lake, esp a promenade
- military
- the total area in which opposing armies face each other
- the lateral space in which a military unit or formation is operating ⇒
to advance on a broad front
- the direction in which troops are facing when in a formed line
- meteorology the dividing line or plane between two air masses or water masses of different origins and having different characteristics See also warm front , cold front
- outward aspect or bearing, as when dealing with a situation ⇒
a bold front
- assurance, overconfidence, or effrontery
- informal a business or other activity serving as a respectable cover for another, usually criminal, organization
- mainly US a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority; figurehead
- informal outward appearance of rank or wealth
- a particular field of activity involving some kind of struggle ⇒
on the wages front
- a group of people with a common goal ⇒
a national liberation front
- a false shirt front; a dicky
- archaic the forehead or the face
adjective (prenominal)
- of, at, or in the front ⇒
a front seat
- phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of ee in English of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of in English see or of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of in English or a in English of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of in English or in English hat
- See on the front foot
verb
- intr, foll by on or onto to be opposite (to); face (onto) ⇒
this house fronts the river
- (tr) to be a front of or for
- (tr) informal to appear as a presenter in (a television show)
- (tr) to be the lead singer or player in (a band)
- (tr) to confront, esp in hostility or opposition
- (tr) to supply a front for
- (intr) up Australian New Zealand informal to appear (at) ⇒
to front up at the police station
Alternative Forms
ˈfrontless adjectiveWord Origin
C13 (in the sense: forehead, face): from Latin frōns forehead, foremost partSynonyms
View thesaurus entry=
appearance,
look,
show,
face,
air,
bearing,
aspect,
manner,
expression,
exterior,
countenance,
demeanour,
mien,
=
foremost,
at the front
Translations
- British English:
front
Front is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front.He opened the front door.frʌnt ADJECTIVE He opened the front door.
- Spanish:
delantero
adj delantera
- French:
avant
adv
- German:
vorne
adj
- Chinese: 前面的 adj
- Arabic: أَماميّ
- Portuguese: frontal adj
- Russian: передний adj передняя
- Croatian: prednji adj prednja
- Czech: přední adj
- Danish: for- adj
- Dutch: voor- adj
- Finnish: etu- adj
- Greek: μπροστινός adj μπροστινή
- Italian: anteriore adj
- Japanese: 前の no_posp
- Korean: 앞의 adj
- Norwegian: for- adj
- Polish: przedni adj przednia
- Brazilian Portuguese: frontal adj
- European Spanish:
delantero
adj delantera
- Swedish: fram- adj
- Thai: ข้างหน้า adj
- Turkish: ön adj
- Vietnamese: đằng trước adj
- British English:
front
The frontof something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use.Stand at the front of the queue.frʌnt NOUN Stand at the front of the queue.
- Spanish:
frente
nm
- French:
avant
nm
- German:
Vorderseite
nf
- Chinese: 前面 n
- Arabic: وَجْه n
- Portuguese: frente nf
- Russian: передняя часть nf
- Croatian: prednja strana nf
- Czech: předek nm
- Danish: front nutr
- Dutch: voorkant nm
- Finnish: etupuoli n
- Greek: μέτωπο nnt
- Italian: fronte nm
- Japanese: 前 n
- Korean: 앞 n
- Norwegian: forside nm
- Polish: front nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: frente nf
- European Spanish:
frente
nm
- Swedish: framsida nutr
- Thai: ด้านหน้า n
- Turkish: ön n
- Vietnamese: mặt tiền n
Usage examples
We stopped outside a semi-detached house in Headington with a `For Sale ' sign out front.
, THE EXECUTION (2002)The gilded front pipes include the low notes down to contra G, five notes lower than found on organs built today.
Country Life (2004)Centre Michael Finlay kicked a superb conversion to nudge St Mary's 7-3 in front.
Irish Times (2002)Overlooking the large front lawn is a wide bay window in the far corner of the lounge.
Glasgow Herald (2001)I could just feel it go all the way down the back and front of my trousers, down through the legs.
, FATAL STORM (2001)