frontingn.

/ˈfrʌntɪŋ/

Etymology: < front v.¹

1. The action of front v.¹ in various senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > confronting

fronting1581

confrontment1604

confronting1642

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [noun] > position of facing > action of facing

fronting1581

confrontment1618

confrontation1632

society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > other evolutions

inversion1627

conversion1635

fronting1796

platoon1797

platoon exercise1797

half-face1833

right (or left) shoulders (in)!1833

three-quarters face1833

about-face1835

ployment1861

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > forming extended line

deploy1796

deployment1796

fronting1796

deploying1852

profile1959

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 213 In some desperate cases, fantsie is froward, and wil bide no fronting.

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Facciata..any fronting or facing.

1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 242 The fronting every two hundred yards is prescribed to prevent the breaking or falling into file of the line.

1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 86 The halting and fronting of each line may..be regulated.

1879 J. G. Butler Bible Readers' Comm. II. 65 This bold fronting of danger for the preaching of Christ.

1895 Daily News 1 June 5/6 It was..determined to achieve the new fronting without disturbing it [the Dutch cannon ball].

2. concrete. A superficial coat or layer; a facing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > top or superficial

facing1586

scarf-skin1669

heading1779

header1868

fronting1886

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > lingual > by parts of tongue > articulation of

precession1843

inverted1879

fronting1886

retraction1890

retroflexion1932

dorsality1951

1886 Athenæum 22 May 686/3 The bath..reaching to the marble semicircular fronting of the western mosaic.

1891 Daily News 26 Dec. 5/5 The..town has everywhere a thin fronting of sparkling white.

Draft additions September 2021

Grammar. The placement of a word, phrase, etc., at the beginning of a sentence or clause, often in order to achieve a particular effect. Cf. front v.¹ Additions, fronted adj. Additions.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > change of word order or position > specific types of movement or transformation

cleft construction1937

wh-transformation1957

rank shift1961

rankshifting1965

fronting1966

pseudo-cleft1967

promotion1968

pseudo-clefting1970

tough movement1971

slifting1973

extraposing1976

1966 E. A. Hale Verbal Complementation in Züritütsch (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Illinois) iii. i. 251 Optional fronting no longer applies..if the passive transformation has applied.

1991 Eng. World-wide 12 289 Fronting of the wh-word, and inversion of Subject and Verb varies according to choice of wh-word and of verb.

2001 K. Börjars & K. Burridge Introducing Eng. Gram. ix. 264 Have a look at another example of fronting: And sit and think they did.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

frontingadj.

/ˈfrʌntɪŋ/

Etymology: < front v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That fronts (in senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > that fronts

fronting1600

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 66 Oh with what wings shal his affections flie, Towards fronting peril and opposde decay?

a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 82 They made supernal Waves asunder start, And into fronting liquid Bastions part.

1800 S. T. Coleridge This Lime-tree Bower in Ann. Anthol. 2 143 Those fronting elms.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 192 Their military [infantry] is formed in a long..lane of two fronting ranks.

1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 216 She, with level fronting eyelids.

1846 Ld. Houghton Men of Old iv Content, as men-at-arms, to cope Each with his fronting foe.

Derivatives

frontingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adverb] > facing

counter1615

on1789

frontingly1859

1859 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 128 Hostile armies..On dimly tented fields, stand frontingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	fronting
释义	frontingn. /ˈfrʌntɪŋ/ Etymology: < front v.¹ 1. The action of front v.¹ in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > confronting fronting1581 confrontment1604 confronting1642 the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [noun] > position of facing > action of facing fronting1581 confrontment1618 confrontation1632 society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > other evolutions inversion1627 conversion1635 fronting1796 platoon1797 platoon exercise1797 half-face1833 right (or left) shoulders (in)!1833 three-quarters face1833 about-face1835 ployment1861 society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [noun] > forming extended line deploy1796 deployment1796 fronting1796 deploying1852 profile1959 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 213 In some desperate cases, fantsie is froward, and wil bide no fronting. 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Facciata..any fronting or facing. 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 242 The fronting every two hundred yards is prescribed to prevent the breaking or falling into file of the line. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 86 The halting and fronting of each line may..be regulated. 1879 J. G. Butler Bible Readers' Comm. II. 65 This bold fronting of danger for the preaching of Christ. 1895 Daily News 1 June 5/6 It was..determined to achieve the new fronting without disturbing it [the Dutch cannon ball]. 2. concrete. A superficial coat or layer; a facing. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > coating or covering with a layer > [noun] > a coat or covering layer > top or superficial facing1586 scarf-skin1669 heading1779 header1868 fronting1886 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [noun] > lingual > by parts of tongue > articulation of precession1843 inverted1879 fronting1886 retraction1890 retroflexion1932 dorsality1951 1886 Athenæum 22 May 686/3 The bath..reaching to the marble semicircular fronting of the western mosaic. 1891 Daily News 26 Dec. 5/5 The..town has everywhere a thin fronting of sparkling white. Draft additions September 2021 Grammar. The placement of a word, phrase, etc., at the beginning of a sentence or clause, often in order to achieve a particular effect. Cf. front v.¹ Additions, fronted adj. Additions. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic relations > [noun] > change of word order or position > specific types of movement or transformation cleft construction1937 wh-transformation1957 rank shift1961 rankshifting1965 fronting1966 pseudo-cleft1967 promotion1968 pseudo-clefting1970 tough movement1971 slifting1973 extraposing1976 1966 E. A. Hale Verbal Complementation in Züritütsch (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Illinois) iii. i. 251 Optional fronting no longer applies..if the passive transformation has applied. 1991 Eng. World-wide 12 289 Fronting of the wh-word, and inversion of Subject and Verb varies according to choice of wh-word and of verb. 2001 K. Börjars & K. Burridge Introducing Eng. Gram. ix. 264 Have a look at another example of fronting: And sit and think they did. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2021). frontingadj. /ˈfrʌntɪŋ/ Etymology: < front v.¹ + -ing suffix². That fronts (in senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective] > that fronts fronting1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 66 Oh with what wings shal his affections flie, Towards fronting peril and opposde decay? a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 82 They made supernal Waves asunder start, And into fronting liquid Bastions part. 1800 S. T. Coleridge This Lime-tree Bower in Ann. Anthol. 2 143 Those fronting elms. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 192 Their military [infantry] is formed in a long..lane of two fronting ranks. 1844 E. B. Barrett Lady Geraldine's Courtship in Poems I. 216 She, with level fronting eyelids. 1846 Ld. Houghton Men of Old iv Content, as men-at-arms, to cope Each with his fronting foe. Derivatives frontingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > opposite position > [adverb] > facing counter1615 on1789 frontingly1859 1859 Chambers's Jrnl. 11 128 Hostile armies..On dimly tented fields, stand frontingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1581adj.1600
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