Definition of Front

front
(*) 1. The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. 2. The direction of the enemy. 3. The line of contact of two opposing forces. 4. When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
  

Front
(v. t.)
To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church.
  
(v. t.)
To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner.
  
(v. t.)
To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.
  
(v. t.)
To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street.
  
(v. t.)
To appear before; to meet.
  
(v. t.)
To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
  
(n.)
The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army.
  
(n.)
The most conspicuous part.
  
(n.)
The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front.
  
(n.)
The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
  
(n.)
The beginning.
  
(n.)
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
  
(n.)
A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.
  
(a.)
Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.
  

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Noun
1. the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
(synonym) presence
(hypernym) proximity
2. the side that is forward or prominent
(synonym) front end, forepart
(antonym) rear, backside, back end
(hypernym) side, face
(hyponym) forefront, head
(derivation) breast
3. the side that is seen or that goes first
(antonym) rear, back
(hypernym) side
(hyponym) bow, fore, prow, stem
(derivation) breast
4. a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
(hypernym) sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
5. the line along which opposing armies face each other
(synonym) battlefront, front line
(hypernym) line
(part-holonym) battlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field
6. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals; "he was a charter member of the movement"; "politicians have to respect a mass movement"; "he led the national liberation front"
(synonym) movement, social movement
(hypernym) social group
(hyponym) Free French, Fighting French
7. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
(hypernym) atmospheric phenomenon
(hyponym) warm front
(classification) meteorology
8. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
(synonym) front man, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman
(hypernym) deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
9. the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
(hypernym) appearance
10. the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"
(antonym) back, rear
(hypernym) position, place
(derivation) look, face

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Verb
1. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to; "The house looks north"; "My backyard look onto the pond"; "The building faces the park"
(synonym) look, face
(antonym) back
(hypernym) lie
(hyponym) confront
(verb-group) face
2. confront bodily; "breast the storm"
(synonym) breast
(hypernym) confront, face
(derivation) front end, forepart

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Adjective
1. relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"
(synonym) front(a)
(antonym) back(a)
(similar) advance(a), advanced(a), in advance(p)
(see-also) anterior
2. located anteriorly
(synonym) fore(a), front(a)
(similar) anterior

Front
(v) 1. face, confront; 2. head a band or group (of musicians); 3. arrive; turn up

Front bum
female genitalia

Front man
man who is the lead singer or key person of a band

Front smb.
to ask smb. what he hides

Front up
arrive; turn up

Front woman
woman who is the lead singer or key person of a band

More front than Myers
pushy person

Shirt-front
(Australian Rules) 1. head-on charge aimed at bumping an opponent to the ground; 2. bump (an opponent) in such a manner

FRONT
to affront, oppose

front
pretend to be that which you are not; act tough:"You can't front on that" -- Beastie Boys (So what'cha want [1992])

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front
\front\ (?), n.
1. (fort.) all the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified.
2. (phon.) the middle of the upper part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. see guide to pronunciation, §10.
3. the call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word "front," used as an exclamation. [hotel cant]
front
\front\ (?), n. [f. frant forehead, l. frons, frontis; perh. akin to e. brow.] 1. the forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. his front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
2. the forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front. with smiling fronts encountering. the inhabitants showed a bold front.
3. the part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army. had he his hurts before? ay, on the front.
4. a position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house.
5. the most conspicuous part. the very head and front of my offending.
6. that which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. like any plain miss smith's, who wears s front. browning.
7. the beginning. "summer's front."

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 front end 
 front-runner 
 front of fortification 
 in front 
 front of operations 
 rear front 
 warm front 
 bastioned front 
 front room 
 front sight 
 open-front furnace 
 front-end processor 
 front line 
 occluded front 
 out front 
 to come to the front 
 invariant sections, with no front-cover texts, and with no back-cover 
 wave front 
 front man 
 front door 

front
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Baranres
Baranres = n. a front rank

Baranu
Baranu = v. to front; to present

Cyfar
Cyfar = n. a front, facing; joint ploughing; acre

Cynfrith
Cynfrith = a. of variegated front

Cynfrwydr
Cynfrwydr = n. front of battle

Goflaen
Goflaen = n. a front station

Gorfaran
Gorfaran = n. a grand front

Gwydderbyn
Gwydderbyn = prep. in front of

Gwynebu
Gwynebu = v. to face, to front

Rhag
Rhag = n. a front, a van; an entrance, prep. before, against; from

Rhaggludo
Rhaggludo = v. to heap before or in front

Tal
Tal = n. front; a forehead; high, tall

Talcen
Talcen = n. front, a forehead

Talddrws
Talddrws = n. front door

Talfainc
Talfainc = n. a front form; a throne

Wynebu
Wynebu = v. to face, to front

FRONT
The transition zone or interface between two air masses of different densities, which usually means different temperatures. For example, the area of convergence between warm, moist air and cool, dry air. See cold front and warm front.

Front.
A major discontinuity separating ocean currents and water masses in any combination

Front
A boundary or transition zone between two air masses of different density, and thus (usually) of different temperature. A moving front is named according to the advancing air mass, e.g., cold front if colder air is advancing.

Front
Transition zone between air masses with different weather characteristics.

Front
In oceanographic terms, a region of sharp gradient in temperature or salinity, indicating a transition between two current systems or water masses. Intersection between the thermocline or halocline and the surface. Fronts are usually associated with high biological activity, high abundance of highly migratory resources (e.g. tunas) and are actively sought as fishing areas. Fronts can be monitored by satellite remote sensing.

FRONT
(1) Land bordering a lake or river. (2) (Meteorology) A line of separation or interface between air masses of different temperatures or densities.

FRONT
The front of a cover completely detached from the rest of the envelope. These are much less desirable than the entire cover.

front
frons

Front (n.)
khom (end); praduk (meteor.)

front
(v) Pretend to be that which you are not; act tough. "You can't front on that" - Beastie Boys (So what'cha want [1992]).

area in front of
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front
(v) Pretend to be that which you are not; act tough. "You can't front on that" -- Beastie Boys (So what'cha want [1992]).

Dishabiliophobia
Fear of undressing in front of someone

Scriptophobia
Fear of writing in public

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