front (fr nt)n. 1. The forward part or surface, as of a building. 2. The area, location, or position directly before or ahead. 3. A position of leadership or superiority. 4. The forehead or face, especially of a bird or other animal. 5. a. Demeanor or bearing, especially in the presence of danger or difficulty. b. An outward, often feigned, appearance or manner: They put up a good front. 6. a. Land bordering a lake, river, or street. b. A promenade along the water at a resort. 7. A detachable part of a man's dress shirt covering the chest; a dickey. 8. a. The most forward line of a combat force. b. The area of contact between opposing combat forces; a battlefront. 9. Meteorology The interface between air masses of different temperatures or densities. 10. A field of activity: the economic front. 11. a. A group or movement uniting various individuals or organizations for the achievement of a common purpose; a coalition. b. A nominal leader lacking in real authority; a figurehead. c. An apparently respectable person, group, or business used as a cover for secret or illegal activities. 12. Archaic a. The first part; the beginning. b. The face; the countenance. adj. 1. Of, relating to, aimed at, or located in the front: the front lines; the front row; front property on Lake Tahoe. 2. Linguistics Designating vowels produced at or toward the front of the oral cavity, such as the vowels of green and get. v. front·ed, front·ing, fronts v.tr. 1. To look out on; face: a house that fronts the ocean. 2. To meet in opposition; confront. 3. To provide a front for. 4. To serve as a front for. 5. Music To lead (a group of musicians): "Goodman . . . became the first major white bandleader to front an integrated group" (Bill Barol). 6. Informal To provide before payment: "In . . . personal liability suits, a lawyer is fronting both time and money" (Richard Faille). 7. Linguistics To move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a clause or sentence, typically for emphasis or contrast. 8. Linguistics To cause (a vowel) to be pronounced farther toward the front of the oral cavity. v.intr. 1. To have a front; face onto something else: Her property fronts on the highway. 2. To provide an apparently respectable cover for secret or illegal activities: fronting for organized crime. interj. Idiom: Used by a desk clerk in a hotel to summon a bellhop. front and center In the most prominent position. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fr  ns, front-, forehead, front.] |
front
Noun
1. that part or side that is forward, or most often seen or used
2. a position or place directly before or ahead
3. the beginning, opening, or first part
4. the position of leadership
5. a promenade at a seaside resort
6. Mil
a. the total area in which opposing armies face each other
b. the space in which a military unit is operating
7. Meteorol the dividing line between two different air masses
8. an outward appearance: he put on a bold front
9. Informal a business or other activity serving as a respectable cover for another, usually criminal, organization
10. Also called: (front man) a nominal leader of an organization
11. a particular field of activity: on the economic front
12. a group of people with a common goal: the National Liberation Front
Adjective
of, at, or in the front
Verb
1. to face (onto)
2. to be a front of or for
3. to appear as a presenter in (a television show)
4. to be the leader of (a band) on stage [Latin frons forehead, foremost part]
| front (frnt) The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures or humidity. In the mid-latitude areas of the Earth, where warm tropical air meets cooler polar air, the systems of fronts define the weather and often cause precipitation to form. Warm air, being lighter than cold air, tends to rise, cool, and condense along such boundaries, forming rain or snow. See also cold frontoccluded frontpolar frontstationary frontwarm front |   top: cold front; bottom: warm 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.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | front - the side that is forward or prominent side, face - a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
| 2. |  front - the line along which opposing armies face each otherbattlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field - a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" line - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line" | |
| 3. | front - the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front" appearance - a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" | |
| 4. | front - the side that is seen or that goes first fore, prow, bow, stem - front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" face - the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" frontispiece - front illustration facing the title page of a book nose - a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry" nose - the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun" nose cone, ogive - front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere shirtfront - the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket); "he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront" shopfront, storefront - the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows side - an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" | |
| 5. |  front - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity | |
| 6. | front - a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" | |
| 7. | front - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere warm front - the front of an advancing mass of warmer air cold front, polar front - the front of an advancing mass of colder air occluded front, occlusion - (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft | |
| 8. | front - 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" proximity - the region close around a person or thing | |
| 9. | front - the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" | |
| 10. |  front - 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"social group - people sharing some social relation Fighting French, Free French - a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles Boy Scouts - an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys Civil Rights movement - movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens common front - a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table" cultural movement - a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals ecumenism, oecumenism - a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) falun gong - a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms Zionist movement, Zionism - a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine | |
| Verb | 1. | front - 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" lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position face - be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" confront - be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume" back - be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" |
| 2. | front - confront bodily; "breast the storm" | |
| Adj. | 1. | front - relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" anterior - of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel back - related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
front
noun 5. appearance, show, face, air, bearing, aspect, manner, expression, exterior, countenance, demeanour, mien
verb 9. (often with on or onto) face onto, overlook, look out on, have a view of, look over or onto
Translations
front [frʌnt] n (= foremost part) → parte f delantera [of house] → fachada (= promenade) (also: sea front) → paseo marítimo;
(MIL, POL, METEOROLOGY) → frente m;
(fig) (= appearances); apariencia
in front (of) → delante (de)
front [frʌnt] n [of house, dress] → devant m [of coach, train]; avant m [of book]; couverture f (= promenade) (also: sea front) → bord m de mer;
in front (of) → devant
front [frʌnt] n → Vorderseite f;
(of dress) → Vorderteil nt;
(promenade) (also: sea front) → Strandpromenade f;
adj → vorderste(r, s);
(wheel, tooth, view) → Vorder-
(window) → auf etw acc hinausgehen;
in front → vorne;
in front of → vor;
front [frʌnt] n [of house, dress] → davanti m inv [of train] → testa; [of book] → copertina (= promenade) (also: sea front) → lungomare m;
(MIL, POL, METEOR) → fronte m;
(fig) (= appearances); fronte f
in front (of) → davanti (a)
n front [frant]
1 the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything the front of the house; the front of the picture; (also adjective ) the front page. voorkant مُقَدِّمَة ، الشيء الأمامي фасада průčelí; popředí; přední front; facade; for- die Vorderseite μπροστινό μέρος, πρόσοψη, μπροστινός parte delantera, primera esikülg, esi- جلو؛ اول etupuoli, etu- devant, première (page) חֲזִית आगे prednja strana (kuce, slike), naslovnica; prednji, prvi elülső rész; homlokzat depan andlit; framhlið davanti, parte anteriore, facciata 前方 정면, 앞 priekis; priekinis fasāde; priekša; priekšpuse; priekšējais; priekš- depan voorkant front, forside, fasade przód, przednia część, pierwszy z kolei frente parte din faţă; prima (pagină) передний план priečelie; popredie; predný pročelje, prednja stran, naslovnica; nasloven prednji framsida, första[] ด้านหน้า ön, ön taraf 前面 фасад, перед اگلا حصہ یا رخ جو دیکھنے والے سے قریب تر ہو đằng trước 前面
2 the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves the front of the ship; (also adjective ) the front seat of the bus. voorkant مُقَدِّمَة الشيء، الأمامي предница předek; přední front; front-; for- die Front μπροστινό μέρος, μπροστινός parte delantera esiosa, esi- قسمت جلویی هر چیز etuosa avant, de devant חֲזִית सामने या बाहर का भाग prednji dio (broda, autobusa); prednji elülső rész bagian depan framendi, fremri eða fremsti hluti davanti, parte anteriore 前部 앞부분 priekis; priekinis priekša; priekšgals; priekšējais bahagian depan voorste (gedeelte) fremste del, front przód frente (parte) din faţă перёд predok; predný prednji del prednji främre del ส่วนหน้าสุด ön taraf/kısım, ön yüz, baş 前部 носова частина حرکت کی سمت والا اگلا حصہ phần trước hết của cái gì 前部
3 the part of a city or town that faces the sea We walked along the (sea) front. front مُتَنَزَّه على شاطئ البَحْر бряг nábřeží søside; søfront; strandpromenade die (Strand-)promenade παραλία paseo marítimo rannakvartal ساحل rantakorttelit bord de mer טַייֶלֶת חוֹף הַיָם सबसे महत्वपूर्ण स्थिति priobalni dio grada parti sétány tepi laut sjávarsíða; strandgata lungomare 海岸道路 바닷가나 강가에 접한 곳 krantinė krastmala tepi laut zeekant strekning langs sjøen, strandpromenade nadbrzeże beira-mar faleză набережная nábrežie obala riva strandpromenad ส่วนของเมืองที่หันหน้าไปทางทะเล kenar, kıyı 濱海人行道 берегова лінія شہر کا وہ حصہ جو سمندر کی طرف ہو dải đất dọc bờ biển 滨海人行道
4 (in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy They are sending more soldiers to the front. front جَبْهَه бойна линия fronta front; frontlinie die Front μέτωπο (πολέμου) frente rinne جبهه rintama front חֲזִית किनारा bojišnica, fronta (h)arcvonal, front garis depan víglína fronte 戦線 전선 frontas fronte barisan depan front front, krigsskueplass front frente front фронт front fronta front front, stridslinje แนวหน้า cephe 前線 лінія фронту محاذ جنگ mặt trận; tiền tuyến 前线
5 a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic. front جَبْهَة هوائِيَّه фронт fronta front die Front μέτωπο (αέριας μάζας) frente front جبهه هوا rintama front חֲזִית प्रारम्भ fronta zraka (npr. hladna) (időjárási) front gelombang udara skil fronte 前線 (기상) 전선 frontas fronte gelombang udara front -front front frente front (atmosferic) фронт front fronta front front แนวกดอากาศ cephe 鋒(天氣) фронт بڑھتی ہوئی گرم یا سرد ہوا کا اگلا سرا frông 锋（天气）
6 an outward appearance He put on a brave front. front مَظْهَر،تَظاهُر بالجُرأه вид výraz, vystupování facade die Kühnheit όψη apariencia nägu ظاهر julkisivu contenance חֲזִית विहार स्थल lice, paravan viselkedés rupa framkoma; láta ekki á neinu bera facciata 見せかけ 태도, 표정 kaukė, veido išraiška izturēties droši/varonīgi rupa houding ytre, holdning, mine, fasade mina, postawa fachada înfăţişare вид vystupovanie videz fasada uppsyn, hållning, uppträdande ลักษณะภายนอก tavır, tutum 外表 лице ظاہری ہیئت یا صورت vẻ bề ngoài 外表
7 a name sometimes given to a political movement the Popular Front for Liberation. front جَبْهَة سِياسيَّه фронт fronta front die Organisation μέτωπο, παράταξη frente rinne جنبش rintama front חֲזִית ה- छाती fronta, politicka stranka fedőnév barisan fylking fronte 共同戦線 (사상적·정치적) 운동 조직, ...전선 frontas fronte barisan Front front front frente front фронт front fronta front front การเคลื่อนไหว cephe, grup 陣線 фронт کوئی سیاسی تحریک mặt trận 阵线
n frontage [-tidʒ]
the front part of a building etc. voorkant واجِهَة مَبْنى изложение fasáda facade; front; forside die Vorderfront πρόσοψη fachada esikülg نما julkisivu façade חֲזִית הַבִּנייָן किसी इमारत इत्यादि का अगला हिस्सा pročelje homlokzat bagian depan framhlið facciata 正面 건물의 정면 fasadas fasāde bahagian depan bangunan voorgevel fasade fronton, front fachada faţadă передний фасад fasáda pročelje deo imanja okrenut ulici framsida, fasad ด้านหน้าของอาคาร cephe, yüz 正面 фасад عمارت کا اگلا حصہ khoảng đất trước nhà 正面
adj frontal
from the front a frontal attack. voorwaartse جَبْهي، من الأمام، أمامي фронтален frontální frontal frontal κατά μέτωπο frontal frontaal- مربوط به قسمت جلو etu-, rintama- frontal חֲזִיתִי सामने का, तापमान से सम्बन्धित čeoni, frontalan frontális dari depan framhliðar-; sem kemur beint að framan frontale 正面の 앞의, 정면의 priešakinis, iš priekio frontāls dari depan frontaal frontal-, front- czołowy frontal frontal фронтальный frontálny čelen frontalni frontal, front- ซึ่งอยู่ส่วนหน้า ön(den), cephe(den) 正面的 лобовий, фронтальний آگے سے ở, từ, trong hoặc thuộc phía trước 正面的
at the front of
(standing etc) in the front part of something at the front of the house; They stood at the front of the crowd. voorkant أمام، في مُقَدِّمَة в предата част v průčelí; v čele foran vorn μπρόστα σε, από delante eesotsas در قسمت جلوی چیزی edessä devant בְחֲזִית सामने prednji dio, na čelu elöl di muka fremstur, í fararbroddi davanti a ～の前面に ...의 앞에 priešais, priešakyje priekšā; priekšpusē di hadapan vooraan aan foran, forrest, i spissen, fremst przed, na przedzie na frente de în faţa... в передней части na priečelí; na čele pred ispred längst fram, i främre delen อยู่ข้างหน้า ...-in önünde 在...的前部 попереду کسی چیز کے سامنے phía trước 在...的前部
in front (of)
(placed, standing, moving etc) outside something on its front or forward-facing side There is a garden in front (of the house). voor أمام пред před foran vor μπροστά από delante de ees مقابل edessä devant לִפנֵי बिल्कुल सम्मुख स्थिति में ispred, sprijeda előtt di muka fyrir framan davanti (a), di fronte (a) ～の前に ...의 앞에 priešais priekšā di muka voor foran przed em frente de în faţă перед pred nasproti ispred framför อยู่ข้างหน้า ...-in önünde 在前面 попереду کسی چیز کے سامنے واقع ہونا ở phía trước 在前面
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