Fronting Definition

noun
(phonetics, phonology) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
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(phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.

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(linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.

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verb

Present participle of front.

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Fronting Sentence Examples

  • Its finest portion is the Chelsea Embankment, fronting Battersea Park across the river, shaded by a pleasant avenue and lined with handsome houses.

  • The new buildings of Marischal College fronting Broad Street, opened by King Edward VII.

  • There still remains close to the first-named street and fronting the Corso Garibaldi a high wall built of square Roman bricks, with pillars and arched recesses in the upper portion, which goes by the name of Palazzo di Teodorico.

  • At a cost of $5,000,000 a new medical school, hospital and children's hospital, occupying several city blocks fronting on Forest Park, have been completed since 1911.

  • The approach to the grotto lay through a portico on the level with and fronting the street, and a pronaos, in communication with which was a kind of sacristy.

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Words Starting With

FFRFRO

Words Ending With

GNGING

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fronting

Words Starting With F and Ending With G

Starts With F & Ends With GStarts With FR & Ends With GStarts With F & Ends With NG

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With F8 Letter Words Ending With G