front
front1 definition
front (frunt)
noun
- Now Rare
- the forehead
- the face; countenance
- attitude or appearance, as of the face, indicating state of mind; external behavior when facing a problem, etc. to put on a bold front
- Informal an appearance, usually pretended or assumed, of social standing, wealth, etc.
- Rare impudence; effrontery
- the part of something that faces forward or is regarded as facing forward; most important side; forepart
- the first part; beginning toward the front of the book
- the place or position directly before a person or thing
- a forward or leading position or situation
- ☆ the first available bellhop or page, as in a hotel: generally used as a call
- the land bordering a lake, ocean, street, etc.
- Brit. a promenade along a body of water
- the advanced line, or the whole area, of contact between opposing sides in warfare; combat zone
- a specified area of activity the home front, the political front
- a broad movement in which different groups are united for the achievement of certain common political or social aims
- ☆ a person who serves as a public representative of a business, group, etc., usually because of his or her prestige
- ☆ a person or group used to cover or obscure the activity or objectives of another, controlling person or group
- a stiff shirt bosom, worn with formal clothes
- Archit. a face of a building; esp., the face with the principal entrance
- Meteorol. the boundary between two air masses of different density and temperature
Etymology: ME < OFr < L frons (gen. frontis), forehead, front < IE *bhren-, to project > OE brant, steep, high
adjective
- at, to, in, on, or of the front
- Phonet. articulated with the tongue toward the front of the mouth: said of certain vowels, as (i) in bid
transitive verb
- to face; be opposite to
- to be before in place
- to meet; confront
- to defy; oppose
- to supply or serve as a front, or facing, of
- to be the leader or best-known member of (a musical band)
intransitive verb
- to face in a certain direction a castle fronting on the sea
- ☆ to act as a front (senses & ): with for
front Idioms
in front of
before; in a position ahead of
front2 definition
front
frontispiece
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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