front1 nounfront2 adjectivefront3 verb
frontfront1 /frʌnt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINfront1
Origin:
1200-1300 French, Latin frons ‘forehead (= top of the face), front’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- She puts on this "innocent little girl" act, but it's all a front.
- The car rental company is actually a front for a drugs ring.
- The charity has been accused of being a front for anti-government activity.
- The club was just a front - Luchese's real business was drug smuggling and gun running.
- Trucks are heading toward the front with fresh supplies.
- Clinton ordered Pennsylvania Avenue closed to vehicular traffic in front of the White House.
- His black hair was now white, as were his shoulders and the front of his coat.
- His whole life passed in front of me; the lives of his fathers, his sons.
- Over instead of pull it over in front.
- The front had undergone a terrible impact, the rest was essentially intact.
- The disenfranchising effect of unemployment has worked on a number of fronts.
- The distinctively figured wood facing the wings on both back and front is an unusual choice of yew.
- The pass has a slight loft and, crucially, is thrown in front of Edney.
Longman Language Activatorthe part of something that is nearest to you or furthest away from the back
· She was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of an elephant on the front.· Could you cut my hair short in the back but leave it a little longer in the front?the front of · They painted the front of the house bright green.· He wrote her name on the front and back of the envelope.
the part of a space, room, vehicle etc that is furthest forward · Let's get to the concert early so we can sit near the front.the front of · The teacher was standing at the front of the classroom.· There's only room for two people in the front of the car.· At the front of the cage was a dish with a few scraps of food in it.
the position at the front of a crowd or line of people, cars etc · I stood in the line for two hours before I got to the front.the front of · Joseph pushed to the front of the crowd to see what was happening.· Halfway through the race, Cami was still at the front of the pack.
at, in, or towards the front · You should have knocked on the front door.· The dog rested its head on its front paws.· Laura always sits in the front row at the movies.· He leaned across the front seat of the car and grabbed her arm as she tried to get out.· There was a large picture of Bush on the front page of the evening newspaper.
in the front part of a space, room, vehicle etc: · He sat in front beside the driver.· Miss Abbot led me through the classroom to an empty desk in the front.· We were looking for a two-storey building with a verandah in the front.
if someone is up front in a room or vehicle, they are in the most forward position possible: · Why don't you sit up front with the driver so you can give him directions?· The only people who laughed were the American soldiers who sat up front.
at the front of a line or group of people: · A man at the head of the line was arguing with the sales lady.· Two soldiers carried flags at the head of the procession.
if you move forward , you move towards the front of a room, space etc: · Mr Hoffman stepped forward to collect his prize.· Can we sit a little further forward? I can't see from here.
in the part of a picture, scene, or view that is or seems closest to you: · The figures in the foreground are painted more brightly than those farther away.in the foreground of: · "That's me," he said, pointing to a child in the foreground of the faded photograph.
at, in, or towards a position that is further forward than you · The car in front started to slow down.· Ellie walked in front, carrying the baby.in front of · Because of the fog, we could only see a few yards in front of us.
a short distance from the front or face of someone or something: · He looked ahead down the road towards the village.ahead of: · Let Tom walk ahead of you - he knows this path very well.straight ahead (=directly ahead): · Albert was staring straight ahead, pretending not to listen.
in the distance but not very far in front of you: · Traffic is awfully slow - there must be an accident up ahead.· Up ahead we could see the bright lights of the city coming into view.
directly in front of a person, building etc close to the front of someone or something: · The kids are playing out in front.in front of: · There was a tall man standing in front of me, so I couldn't see what was happening.right in front (=directly in front): · She parked the car right in front of the main entrance.
before someone or something else in a list, line, series etc before something or someone else in a list, series, or set: · I think you were before me in line, weren't you?· Islington station is one stop before Finsbury Park on the Victoria Line.
to happen or exist before something or someone else: · Churchill was a much stronger leader than the man who came before him.· A planning session at eleven-thirty will precede the noon lunch discussion.be preceded by something: · Witnesses say the fire was preceded by a loud explosion.· In most cases the illness is preceded by vomiting and chills.
before another person in a group of people who are waiting to do something: · The man in front of me looked very familiar.· There were about fifty people ahead of us waiting for tickets.
coming before the one that you are dealing with now: · The previous chapter examined how children learn language.· Each number in the series 2 - 4 - 8 - 16 is twice as large as the previous number.
coming at some time before the one you have just mentioned - use this especially about something that is very different from what is happening now: · He used a lot more color in his earlier paintings.· The play lacks the wit and energy of Jergen's earlier work.
the thing that comes before another in a series: · When you're in prison, every day feels just like the one before.
formal coming before the thing you have just mentioned, or the part of a book where you are now: · The preceding chapters have described several key events in recent French history.· In the preceding section of the poem, Whitman is talking about how important it is to live in the present.
written use this to talk about a person or thing that was mentioned earlier: · Write to the above address for more information.· The above diagram shows a diesel car engine.the above (=the people or things mentioned earlier): · Contact any of the above for more details.
when people try to hide the truth a deliberate plan to prevent mistakes or embarrassing information, especially about politicians or other people in official positions, from being publicly known: · The Watergate cover-up eventually led to Nixon's resignation.cover-up of: · Some people suspect that government officials were involved in a cover-up of the incident.
an attempt by a government or official committee to hide the true facts of a situation from the public, especially when there was supposed to have been an official and fair examination of these facts: · A Greenpeace spokesperson described the official report on nuclear waste disposal as a whitewash.
something that you do or say as a way of hiding your true actions or intentions, especially when these are illegal or dishonest: · The ceasefire turned out to be just a cover to gain time to prepare another attack.· For years he had used his position at the United Nations as a cover for his spying activities.
something such as an organization or a type of behaviour that seems to be normal but is used to hide what is really happening: · She puts on this "innocent little girl" act, but it's all a front.· The car rental company is actually a front for a drugs ring.
something that is done or said in order to take people's attention away from other things that could be embarrassing or less acceptable: · The administration's emphasis on the drop in inflation is just a smokescreen to divert attention from rising unemployment.
to hide your feelings to deliberately not show what you are feeling or thinking: · He hides his real feelings under that big smile.· "That's OK," she said, trying to hide her disappointment.hide something from somebody: · I tried to hide my anxiety from the rest of the family by pretending that everything was normal.
to not show in your face, voice, or movements what you really think or feel: · If she was surprised, she didn't show it.· My husband never shows emotion, so I never know if he's upset.
formal to hide your feelings or intentions especially when you have to make an effort to do this: · Kim could barely conceal her annoyance that I had arrived so late.· I yawned, not bothering to conceal my boredom.conceal something from somebody: · Hawkins was incapable of concealing how he felt from his close friends.
to avoid showing your true feelings or intentions by pretending to feel something else: · Kate gave a cheerful smile, somehow managing to disguise her embarrassment.· "That's great!" she cried, unable to disguise her excitement.· He often masked his feelings of guilt by becoming angry at the people he had wronged.
to not allow yourself to show your feelings, especially if you are angry, worried, or upset - use this especially when you think it would be better for someone to show their feelings so they can be dealt with: bottle something up: · It's not healthy to bottle all your feelings up like that.· The anger that he had bottled up inside him finally exploded.keep something bottled up: · She wanted to cry but she kept it bottled up inside.
formal to not allow yourself to feel or show strong feelings such as anger, sadness, or love, especially when you have difficulty controlling these feelings: · She had had to suppress her feelings for George throughout his long marriage to her friend.· Finally Glen could suppress his anger no longer and he lashed out at his mother.
formal to deliberately stop yourself from having or expressing particular feelings, especially because you are ashamed of them, in a way that may have harmful mental effects: · Individuals who repress their sexual desires often suffer from psychological problems.· Denying or repressing sorrow often seems the easiest way out when confronted with death.
to pretend that you are happy or confident when in fact you are very upset about something but you do not want to show this: · When she lost her job she put on a brave face and said it didn't matter.· Most of his teammates put up a brave front when they talked about his departure.put on a brave face/put up a brave front on: · The speech was given to put a brave face on the president's declining popularity.
to pay for something before you receive it to pay for something before you receive it: · Customs fees are paid in advance as part of your airline ticket.· Don't pay cash in advance for any service.
if you pay for something up front , you pay or partly pay for it before you receive it, especially in order to show the person you are paying that they can trust you: · I paid the builders £100 up front and will give them the rest when the job's finished.· We've had so many unpaid bills that we've started to demand payment up front.
to pay part of the cost of something expensive, especially a home or car, and agree to pay the rest at a later time: · We saved enough money to make a down payment on a house.· He borrowed money from his family to put a down payment on a truck.
to pay part of the cost of something before you buy it, especially so that no one else can buy it instead of you: · We've put a deposit on a round-the-world tour.· The Center has helped several poor families pay the deposit on a better apartment.
to pay money towards the cost of something so that you can be sure it will be sold to you: · I've put £200 down on a new bedroom carpet.· Greg's parents are going to give us some money to put down on a car.
American to pay part of the money for something you buy at a store, such as a piece of clothing or a gift, so that the store keeps it for you until you can pay the rest: · I'd like to put this sweater on layaway, please.
an attempt to pretend that something is true British /pretense American an attempt to pretend that something is true, especially in order to deceive people: pretence of: · After my mother left, my father gave up even the pretense of caring for anyone besides himself.pretence that: · The worst thing about liberal academics is the pretence that they are somehow more open-minded than their opponents.on the pretence that/of (=pretending that it is the reason for what you are doing): · Wilson asked Carly out to dinner, on the pretence that he wanted to talk to her about business.· The first time she had called was on the pretense of finding out how Letia was. make a pretence of doing something (=pretend to do it): · Mr Tellwright made no pretence of concealing his satisfaction.keep up the pretence (=continue pretending): · After two weeks he could keep up the pretence no longer and decided to tell her the truth.
a situation in which people pretend that something is true and behave as if it were true, especially when everyone really knows that it is not true: · The trial was just a charade -- the verdict had already been decided.· Simon told Susan that his marriage was a charade, continued only for the sake of the children.
an attempt to deceive people by pretending that something is true, especially if it is easy for people to see that it is not true: · She believed Rodney's sudden change in attitude was only a sham.· The election was a sham. Officials intimidated peasants into voting for the government candidates, or simply stuffed the ballot boxes.
an organization or activity that seems to be legal and ordinary but which is secretly being used for an illegal purpose: · The club was just a front - Luchese's real business was drug smuggling and gun running. front for: · The charity has been accused of being a front for anti-government activity.
when something happens in a place where everyone can see if someone does something, especially something unpleasant or shocking, in full view of a group of people, they do it in a place where people can see it clearly: · The muggers stole his mobile and wallet in full view of a crowd of shoppers.· He made an obscene gesture in full view of TV cameras.
if something happens in front of someone, it happens where they can see it, especially when it is shocking or unpleasant: · The man was shot in front of his wife and three children.· The waitress complained that her employer had humiliated her in front of customers.right in front of somebody (=use this to emphasize how shocking something is): · Mom grabbed my arm and scolded me, right in front of all my friends.
if something surprising or shocking happens before your eyes , it happens very close to you, so that you can see it clearly: · Before our very eyes, he produced $50,000 out of his suitcase and offered to buy the house.right before your eyes: · When you see someone murdered right before your eyes, you don't forget it easily.
if a crime or something shocking happens in broad daylight , it happens during the day in a public place where people can see it: · He gunned down a man in broad daylight and got away.· A woman was attacked in broad daylight, right in front of our office.
the place where a war is fought the place where two armies fight a battle: · Thousands died on the battlefields of northern France.
the place where an army is closest to the enemy and where the fighting takes place: · We were now just a few kilometres behind the front line.the Western/Eastern/Russian etc front: · Her grandfather had four years on the Western Front.
an area which is very dangerous because a war is being fought there: · the latest news from the war zone· Aid workers returning from the war zone reported seeing groups of rebels waving white flags.
the time or the place where there is fighting - use this especially to talk about fighting in general: on the field of battle: · It is better to negotiate than to settle political disputes on the field of battle.in the field: · The new weapon has not yet been tried out in the field.· He was awarded a medal for distinguished service in the field.
British /theater American a large area in which a war is being fought, especially when the war is taking place in several different areas or countries: Pacific/European/Middle East etc theatre: · It was in the Pacific theater of the war that the US won its first major victories.· Many of NATO's nuclear weapons in the European theatre are obsolete.
relating to an area where a lot of damage has been caused by war and fighting: · In 1941, Margaret E. Ray escaped war-torn France and landed in New York.· The plan offered long-term aid to war-torn Europe.
in the wrong position · Someone had moved the road sign so it was pointing in the wrong direction.· You're heading in the wrong direction for the city centre.· The files had been put back in the wrong order.
also the wrong way round British if something is the wrong way around , it is pointing in the opposite direction to the one it should be pointing in: · Tom often writes 'b' and 'd' the wrong way round.· That hat looks a bit strange -- have you got it on the wrong way around?· The torch won't work if you put the batteries in the wrong way round.
British also backwards British, /backward American if something, especially a piece of clothing, is back to front , the back of it is where the front should be: · You've got your sweater on back to front.· Dan appeared in jeans, wearing his cap backward as usual.
if something, especially a piece of clothing, is inside out , the inside of it is on the outside and the outside of it is on the inside: · I put my socks on inside out by mistake.· The wind was so strong, it blew her umbrella inside out.turn something inside out: · I turned the jeans inside out to repair the hem.
if something is upside down , the top of it is at the bottom and the bottom of it is at the top: · You're holding the picture upside down.· The monkey was hanging upside down from a tree.turn something upside down: · Turn the cups upside down and leave them to dry.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
It took ages to get to the front of the queue. She always sits at the front of the class. I found a good place on the bus, on the top deck, right at the front. On the technical front, there have been a number of important developments. Excellent teamwork from our staff has brought improvement on all fronts. On the domestic front, de Gaulle’s priority was to secure his government’s authority. Schemes of this kind enjoyed success only on a limited front. I spend most of my time sitting in front of a computer. Jenny didn’t want Adam to see how worried she was. So she put on a brave front. When disciplining children, it is important that parents present a united front (=show that they both feel the same about a situation). He joined the army, and was immediately sent to the front.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It was a small house, directly behind the church. the front doorstep young soldiers who were sent to the front line to fight He spends hours in front of the mirror! There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor. The kids were playing in the back yard.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
It took ages to get to the front of the queue. She always sits at the front of the class. I found a good place on the bus, on the top deck, right at the front. On the technical front, there have been a number of important developments. Excellent teamwork from our staff has brought improvement on all fronts. On the domestic front, de Gaulle’s priority was to secure his government’s authority. Schemes of this kind enjoyed success only on a limited front. I spend most of my time sitting in front of a computer. (=an area of warm or cold air)
Jenny didn’t want Adam to see how worried she was. So she put on a brave front. When disciplining children, it is important that parents present a united front (=show that they both feel the same about a situation). He joined the army, and was immediately sent to the front.· The protest followed a front-page article in the Herald three weeks ago.
(=for the rear/front wheels)· The rear brakes were ineffective.
· The price of the book is on the back cover.
It was a small house, directly behind the church. (=of a house)· I heard someone knocking at the front door.· Use the back door if your boots are muddy.
the front doorstep· I banged my elbow on the front edge of the desk.
· There is a long drive with steps leading to the front entrance.
· When the lights dimmed, she slipped out by the rear exit.
(=of an animal)· The tiger has five claws in each of its front feet.
British English (=at the front of a house)· Their house had a small front garden.
(=the gate in front of or at the back of a building)· She stood outside the front gate of the cottage.
· The newspaper's front-page headline read simply 'Prime Minister resigns'.
· She felt in her pocket for the front door key.
young soldiers who were sent to the front line to fight He spends hours in front of the mirror! (=of a newspaper)· Her picture was on the front page of every newspaper.
· He took a wad of money from his back pocket.
· He pushed his way to the front of the queue.
(=in a car)· Never leave bags on the back seat of a car.
(=one at the front of a theatre, sports ground etc)· We had front-row seats.
There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor.· The Times published a front-page story about the scandal.
· Some of his front teeth were missing.
· I bought a set of new front tyres.
· Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid.
· I don't want people looking in my front window.
The kids were playing in the back yard.· On a broader front, I have been impressed by the various initiatives which have been taken locally to manage costs.· It was an effort to roll back federal aid to the poor across a much broader front.
· Where the cold front of winter can be a killer.· Another cold front passed through the north state Monday night and early Tuesday, chilling the region with November-like temperatures.· Never risk parking out overnight without checking the weather forecast for a strong wind warning or the approach of a cold front.· Forecasters are banking on a cold front to clear cloudy conditions.· But all that was some months ago and she had a cold front since for her hefty swinging colleague.· Clearing conditions were forecast behind the cold front that dragged low clouds through Central Florida early Friday.
· It will be equal competition on the domestic front.· From the mid-forties onward Congress legislated for the domestic front while the President acted on the foreign front.· On the domestic front, disposal tends to mean throwing rubbish in the bin.· It deals with the domestic intelligence front.· On the domestic front I was less fortunate and had no great success with house hunting.· By March of 1188, Frederick seemed finally to have defeated his opponents on the major domestic and imperial fronts.
· On the economic front, there are two pro-regional arguments.· Reducing inflation was, until 1989, the government's greatest achievement on the economic front.
· McCord's revelations led to the first crack in the united front amongst Nixon's officials.· Microsoft refuses to be phased by emergence of united Unix front Tough talk?· Instead, there will be attempts to paper over the chasms and put on a united front for the sake of appearances.· A united front was to be formed with the Nationalists.· In the last six months, inter-party rivalry has been subordinated to the need for a united unionist front.· But in the face of the enemy they presented a united front.· You need to present a united front and avoid taking sides or playing one child off against the other.· The right wing put forward a united front with the clear aim of overthrowing the republic.
· Undoubtedly a major factor here is the 5ins longer wheelbase and wider front and rear tracks.· On a wider front secularism has affected our lives in a variety of ways.· The method thus supplies greater transparency and insight and leads to a unified approach offering progress along a wide front.· It is important to note that we have greatly increased the number of professionals providing services on a wide range of fronts.· Whatever the cause of failure, help to families has to operate on a wide front.· Restrictions on advertising and fees have been relaxed over a wider front.
NOUN· But on the home front, too, it's been a busy year.· One spouse may work days while the other works nights in order to keep the home front covered.· But there is definitely change on the home front.· Racial violence on the home front and the war abroad contended for headlines.· It was correctly viewed as the low point of wartime morale on the home front.· During World War I she was conspicuous for her public relief work on the home front.· Other news from the home front.· More dangerous on the home front are the volatile substances that are inhaled to produce a high.
· In the courtyard of the family home, on the road and in shop fronts, people chatted, smoked, gossiped.· The stalls had disappeared, the shop fronts were boarded up.· A freshly painted shop front with shining glass and a window full of bottles.· The streets were jammed tight with narrow shop fronts and grimy cafés.· Attracting 600,000 visitors a year, the village is littered with ugly shop fronts and tacky signs.· Across the streets whole shop fronts lay in a mangled mess.· Paint was peeling from the shop fronts, some premises were derelict.
VERB· But this phalanx of enemies, all with influence in the legislature, did not present an unbroken front.· It was not expected to be waterproof, although obviously in combination with the mortar it should present a united front.· But in the face of the enemy they presented a united front.· You need to present a united front and avoid taking sides or playing one child off against the other.· Inpart this failure of the middle classes to present a unified political front arose from the very intransigence of the regime.· At this stage nothing remains but that each should present an opaque front to the other.· Parents need to present a combined front to the children which is firm and united.· Both Secunderabad and Hyderabad presented long arcaded fronts to the platform, back by powerful rectangular blocks containing offices.
· They suggested she sat at the front of the class, and her bright hand shot up to answer every question.· I sat at the front of the coach, next to the driver.· A black serviceman boarded a city bus and sat in front, remembers Chauvin, who lives in Hayward.· An audience can only sit at the front of the stage and the hall stretches back for miles.· Jim sits in front of four computer screens, controlling de-inking equipment that cost $ 42 million to install.· I sat up front with him.
· Three men approached the car, and one of them stood in front of it, Velarde said.· The moment they emerged from the field, Jinju felt as if she were standing naked in front of a crowd.· He crossed the room, stood in front of the board, and thought for a moment.· He stands in front of the cameras and preaches with unmistakable pomposity, treating his opinions as if they were holy writ.· An elderly woman in a kimono stands blankly in front of the second photograph.· I could see her there standing in front of me, crying, because the others were telling her she was ugly.· He walks down the steps and stands in front of Primo.· Then she took pictures of Primo, Felix and Manny, standing in front of its crossing eight-foot blades.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► in (the) front/up front► the front► the front► the front► the frontPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dangle something in front of somebody/before somebody
1part that is furthest forward the front the part of something that is furthest forward in the direction that it is facing or moving OPP backfront of- After that, they picketed like crazy, all over town, in front of banks, businesses, federal buildings.
- And now I think he's so far in front of the others it's not true.
- Can't see what's in front of their noses.
- I saw the sand spurt up in front of me as bullets tore into the ground.
- One video shows him piling up hundreds of thousands of dollars in front of the owner of a popular television station.
- The thrills and chills come from watching great athletes play their hearts out in front of wildly partisan spectators.
- They stood in front of his locker.
- This big man stood in front of me.
- Because of the fog, we could only see a few yards in front of us.
- Ellie walked in front, carrying the baby.
- He drove straight into the car in front.
- She parked the car right in front of the main entrance.
- Shouldn't the class officers be sitting in front, leading the meeting?
- The car in front started to slow down.
- The kids are playing out in front.
- There was a tall man standing in front of me, so I couldn't see what was happening.
- Nor could he be left alone anymore in the late afternoons when he insisted on watering the front lawn.
- On the Home Front, women's tasks were diverse and often physically taxing.
- On this second front he goes beyond Parsons by expanding the opportunities of scholars with variant theoretical perspectives.
- She lined up the sights on her rifle on its empty front foot and fired twice.
- The Goldmans conceivably could benefit from the video on several fronts.
- The next day in the Tribune, there was my picture on the front page.
- The pressure exerted on that front foot when it is brought down in the bowling action is something like 10 times the bodyweight.
- The switch can be mounted on the front panel and will show when the unit is powered-up.
- As a civil rights leader, he was always out front.
- Molly is very out front in talking about her mistakes.
- Now what's going on out front?
- There's a station wagon waiting out front.
- But then that funny copper, Malpass, had known I'd been out front on Sunday.
- Her flowers out front may have changed but little else has, it would appear.
- I left the car out front and climbed the wide marble steps to the entrance hall.
- I stayed out front hoping to get another look at the girl if she came out.
- Should they stop because the people out front were drowning everything coming from the stage?
- That the police chief was parked out front?
- There was some kind of commotion out front.
- At the front of the cage was a dish with a few scraps of food in it.
- Could you cut my hair short in the back but leave it a little longer in the front?
- Halfway through the race, Cami was still at the front of the pack.
- He wrote her name on the front and back of the envelope.
- I stood in the line for two hours before I got to the front.
- Joseph pushed to the front of the crowd to see what was happening.
- Let's get to the concert early so we can sit near the front.
- She was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of an elephant on the front.
- The postcard had a picture of our hotel on the front.
- The teacher was standing at the front of the classroom.
- There's only room for two people in the front of the car.
- They painted the front of the house bright green.
- It is immoral to do the ironing in front of the television when there is a good film on.
- Put three movie fans in front of the computer, start the game and quietly leave.
- She would install Hannah in front of the television and retreat to another room.
- Smoke could be seen seeping in front of the television camera.
- That night I cooked dinner and we ate in front of the television.
- Then she went back into the living room and sat in front of the television set without turning it on.
- Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness.
- He's always up front and willing to admit his mistakes.
- I paid the builders £100 up front and will give them the rest when the job's finished.
- I told you up front that I didn't want to be in a relationship with anyone.
- Karen is always very up front with her boyfriends.
- The company's directors have been surprisingly up front about their financial problems.
- The only people who laughed were the American soldiers who sat up front.
- We've got to have the money up front before we can do anything.
- We've had so many unpaid bills that we've started to demand payment up front.
- Why don't you sit up front with the driver so you can give him directions.
- I hoped I wouldn't embarrass myself by spilling my drink down my front.
- Dan appeared in jeans, wearing his cap backward as usual.
- You've got your sweater on back to front.
- And can you fool them, by planting them back to front?
- But supposing X-rays were normally displayed back to front or the way one looked at the person?
- I had an arrow right through my body from back to front somewhere in the region of my lower ribs.
- It was all wrong and back to front, but no one could say the old baggage lacked for courage.
- Papers are missing from each and the sheets inside have been turned back to front, and at angles.
- Row 1: Bring needle from back to front of work through the stitch below the first stitch to be worked.
- The crowd was crammed shoulder to shoulder and back to front on the shrinking piece of roadway.
- They're boys' hips, girls' hips, front to front, back to front.
- He was shattered, though he put on a brave face.
- I suppose parents have to put on a brave face.
- Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face.
- Meanwhile, Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week's devastating floods.
- Newspaper staff put on a brave face.
- No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face.
- Whether in denial or putting on a brave face, the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.
- It would be like having all our soldiers in the front line at the same time.
- Or his practice of filming in the front line, and even beyond the front line?
- She is trapped in the front line on the killing streets of Western Sarajevo.
- They were sitting in the front line of chairs.
- We really were in the front line.
- A front-page story about the Owens letter also was published.
- If even one of the cited companies faltered, even though it might later spring back, it became front-page news.
- If she knew that each of these unhappy events would be international front-page news she would be even more upset.
- It became the stuff of front-page news.
- It must have made front-page news.
- Soon, the desegregation of education became front-page news again and forced the Kennedy administration to respond with force.
- The media besiege him, and his views are front-page news.
- The war was no longer front-page news.
- And the story made the front pages.
- Not surprisingly, the story made the front page of the New York Times and many other papers.
- Print reporters know their stories stand a better chance of making the front page.
- But then that funny copper, Malpass, had known I'd been out front on Sunday.
- Her flowers out front may have changed but little else has, it would appear.
- I left the car out front and climbed the wide marble steps to the entrance hall.
- I stayed out front hoping to get another look at the girl if she came out.
- Should they stop because the people out front were drowning everything coming from the stage?
- That the police chief was parked out front?
- There was some kind of commotion out front.
Ricky stepped forward to the front of the stage and began to sing.the front of the line/queue It took ages to get to the front of the queue.at/in the front (of something) She always sits at the front of the class. I found a good place on the bus, on the top deck, right at the front.2side that faces forward the front the front of something is the side or surface that faces forward OPP backfront of Harvey ran quickly round the front of the car to try and open the other door. the control panel on the front of the machine He wore an old sweater with a coffee stain down the front.3most important side the front the most important side or surface of something, that you look at first OPP backon the front Dean sent me a lovely postcard with a picture of Bolton Abbey on the front.front of She’s on the front (=a picture of her is on the front) of this month’s magazine. There’s an introduction at the front of the book (=in the first pages).4building the front the most important side of a building, where you go in OPP backfront of Ben had just finished painting the front of the house.5in front of somebody/something a)further forward than someone or something OPP behind: He was standing in front of her in the lunch queue, and they just got talking. He walked along in front of me, holding the lantern. Suddenly, something ran across the road in front of the car. An old wooden desk stood in front of the window. b)facing someone or something: The door opened and Harriet stood in front of him. She sat down in front of the mirror and brushed her hair carefully. Billy crouched in front of the fire to warm his hands. c)outside a building, near its entrance: There was a small garden in front of the house. It was raining as we parked in front of the hotel. d)if you say or do something in front of someone, you do it where they can see or hear you: Don’t swear in front of the children! The match was played in front of a crowd of 8,000. e)if you have problems or difficulties in front of you, you will soon need to deal with them → in front of your eyes at eye1(9)USAGE: In front of, opposite• In front of a building means directly outside the front of it and on the same side of the street: · The car stopped in front of our hotel.• Opposite a building means outside the front of it on the other side of a street, area of land etc: · There are some shops opposite the school.6in front a)ahead of something or someone OPP behind: He drove straight into the car in front. b)winning something such as a sports match or competition SYN ahead OPP behind: His goal put Leeds back in front. c)in the area nearest the most forward part of something, or nearest the entrance to a building7on a ... front in a particular area of activityon the economic/political etc front On the technical front, there have been a number of important developments. Excellent teamwork from our staff has brought improvement on all fronts.on the domestic/international front On the domestic front, de Gaulle’s priority was to secure his government’s authority.on a wide/broad/limited front Schemes of this kind enjoyed success only on a limited front.8out front (also out the front/out in front British English) the area near the entrance to a building: Hurry up! The taxi is out front.9in (the) front/up front in the front part of a car, next to the driver or where the driver sits: Mom, can I sit in the front?10in front of the television/TV/computer etc watching a television or using a computer: The average child spends three to four hours in front of the TV. I spend most of my time sitting in front of a computer.11up front informal a)money that is paid up front is paid before work is done, or before goods are supplied: We need two hundred pounds up front. b)directly and clearly from the start: It’s important to tell potential clients this up front. → upfront112weather [countable] technical the place where two areas of air of different temperatures meet, often shown as a line on weather mapswarm/cold front (=an area of warm or cold air)13sea the front British English a wide road next to the beach where people can walk for pleasure: We could always go for a stroll along the front.14body your front your chest, or the part of your body that faces forward: You’ve spilled juice all down your front! He was asleep, lying on his front with his head turned to one side.15illegal activities [countable] a legal business that someone operates in order to hide the illegal activities that they are involved infront for The casino was used as a front for cross-border smuggling operations.16hide feelings [singular] if you put on a front, you behave in a way that is happier, braver etc than you really feelput on/show a front Jenny didn’t want Adam to see how worried she was. So she put on a brave front. His arrogance is just a front. Deep down he’s really insecure. When disciplining children, it is important that parents present a united front (=show that they both feel the same about a situation).17organization [singular] used in the name of a political party or unofficial military organization: the People’s Liberation Front18war [countable] the area where fighting happens in a war SYN front line: He joined the army, and was immediately sent to the front. Her husband was shot down over the Western Front. → home front19church [countable] a side of a large important church building: the west front of Rouen cathedralfront1 nounfront2 adjectivefront3 verb
frontfront2 ●●● S1 W2 adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He leaned across the front seat of the car and grabbed her arm as she tried to get out.
- Laura always sits in the front row at the movies.
- The dog rested its head on its front paws.
- There was a "For Sale" sign on the front lawn.
- There was a large picture of Bush on the front page of the evening newspaper.
- You should have knocked on the front door.
- A year earlier, he qualified on the front row of the F1 grid in a Formula Two Matra.
- First, we pass a couple of wooden family motels, complete with front porch parked up with juggernauts.
- For years its front door remained locked.
- I was strong enough next morning to go and look out of the front window.
- Jump diagonally back with the rear foot and perform a front foot roundhouse kick.
- Teague crawled into the front seat and sat on my lap.
- The key to the front door was tied on to a little ribbon pinned into my pocket.
Longman Language Activatorthe part of something that is nearest to you or furthest away from the back
· She was wearing a T-shirt with a picture of an elephant on the front.· Could you cut my hair short in the back but leave it a little longer in the front?the front of · They painted the front of the house bright green.· He wrote her name on the front and back of the envelope.
the part of a space, room, vehicle etc that is furthest forward · Let's get to the concert early so we can sit near the front.the front of · The teacher was standing at the front of the classroom.· There's only room for two people in the front of the car.· At the front of the cage was a dish with a few scraps of food in it.
the position at the front of a crowd or line of people, cars etc · I stood in the line for two hours before I got to the front.the front of · Joseph pushed to the front of the crowd to see what was happening.· Halfway through the race, Cami was still at the front of the pack.
at, in, or towards the front · You should have knocked on the front door.· The dog rested its head on its front paws.· Laura always sits in the front row at the movies.· He leaned across the front seat of the car and grabbed her arm as she tried to get out.· There was a large picture of Bush on the front page of the evening newspaper.
in the front part of a space, room, vehicle etc: · He sat in front beside the driver.· Miss Abbot led me through the classroom to an empty desk in the front.· We were looking for a two-storey building with a verandah in the front.
if someone is up front in a room or vehicle, they are in the most forward position possible: · Why don't you sit up front with the driver so you can give him directions?· The only people who laughed were the American soldiers who sat up front.
at the front of a line or group of people: · A man at the head of the line was arguing with the sales lady.· Two soldiers carried flags at the head of the procession.
if you move forward , you move towards the front of a room, space etc: · Mr Hoffman stepped forward to collect his prize.· Can we sit a little further forward? I can't see from here.
in the part of a picture, scene, or view that is or seems closest to you: · The figures in the foreground are painted more brightly than those farther away.in the foreground of: · "That's me," he said, pointing to a child in the foreground of the faded photograph.
at, in, or towards a position that is further forward than you · The car in front started to slow down.· Ellie walked in front, carrying the baby.in front of · Because of the fog, we could only see a few yards in front of us.
a short distance from the front or face of someone or something: · He looked ahead down the road towards the village.ahead of: · Let Tom walk ahead of you - he knows this path very well.straight ahead (=directly ahead): · Albert was staring straight ahead, pretending not to listen.
in the distance but not very far in front of you: · Traffic is awfully slow - there must be an accident up ahead.· Up ahead we could see the bright lights of the city coming into view.
directly in front of a person, building etc close to the front of someone or something: · The kids are playing out in front.in front of: · There was a tall man standing in front of me, so I couldn't see what was happening.right in front (=directly in front): · She parked the car right in front of the main entrance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It was a small house, directly behind the church. the front doorstep young soldiers who were sent to the front line to fight He spends hours in front of the mirror! There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor. The kids were playing in the back yard.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
(=at the front of a house) We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.
We walked up the front steps and into the reception area. We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row.· The protest followed a front-page article in the Herald three weeks ago.
(=for the rear/front wheels)· The rear brakes were ineffective.
· The price of the book is on the back cover.
It was a small house, directly behind the church. (=of a house)· I heard someone knocking at the front door.· Use the back door if your boots are muddy.
the front doorstep· I banged my elbow on the front edge of the desk.
· There is a long drive with steps leading to the front entrance.
· When the lights dimmed, she slipped out by the rear exit.
(=of an animal)· The tiger has five claws in each of its front feet.
British English (=at the front of a house)· Their house had a small front garden.
(=the gate in front of or at the back of a building)· She stood outside the front gate of the cottage.
· The newspaper's front-page headline read simply 'Prime Minister resigns'.
· She felt in her pocket for the front door key.
young soldiers who were sent to the front line to fight He spends hours in front of the mirror! (=of a newspaper)· Her picture was on the front page of every newspaper.
· He took a wad of money from his back pocket.
· He pushed his way to the front of the queue.
(=in a car)· Never leave bags on the back seat of a car.
(=one at the front of a theatre, sports ground etc)· We had front-row seats.
There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor.· The Times published a front-page story about the scandal.
· Some of his front teeth were missing.
· I bought a set of new front tyres.
· Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid.
· I don't want people looking in my front window.
The kids were playing in the back yard.· He spoke frequently and effectively on the Conservative front bench until the progress of Parkinson's disease made it impossible.· Six boys from the front bench were selected.· I do not believe in patronage even from the Labour front bench.· They were the first couple in parliamentary history to sit on a front bench together in either House.· There had always been more in common between the front benches than either had in common with their followers in the country.· When the Asquith government was formed there was of course no post for such a recent recruit to the front bench.· The Opposition front bench, and most of the other Opposition benches as well, would be occupied by the Conservatives.· This aroused the resentment of almost the whole front bench, but Wigg's hostility was not evenly spread.
· This book ought to have a free razor-blade stuck to its front cover.· In advance he had prepared a message and written a list of page numbers inside the front cover.· We were promised a front cover with International Musician and they wanted the band just to pose with their instruments.· On the front cover, a dilute tabby looks nobly if nervously to its right.· David wouldn't do it, so we lost the front cover.· Little things, simple things, like a passport with an eagle on the front cover.· The front cover of Dry, their debut album, captures Harvey's lipsticked mouth smudged against glass.
· The unit is controlled from the front desk and it is programmed to accept cards with the correct codes.· They are used to keep track of what happens in the classrooms and at the front desk.· I marched to the front desk and enquired the price of single room for one night.· Economy hotels offer clean, comfortable rooms and front desk services without costly extras like restaurants and room service.· As front desk personnel come and go, training and retraining is crucial for the daily success of any system.· A large black man sat behind the front desk with his sleeves rolled up.· After checking in and taking a shower, I tried to ring Merrit from the front desk.· Soon the big fellow did the same, fixing his trousers even as he passed the front desk with wet face averted.
· At the end of the corridor leading from the front door was the kitchen, where he found the fridge.· There were two swallows nesting above our front door.· Polly gingerly took up the receiver of the entryphone intercom that hung on the wall beside her front door.· And some designers are even painting front doors to match the landscaping.· Our communal phone is on the hallway wall by the front door.· Their front yards and front doors facing the streets will make them safer, housing experts believe.· They waited until the front door of the flat slammed.· A residence was entered by forcing a front door.
· At the front end Open windows or the X Window system can be run.· The front end is where he works.· Yet lexical access stands in the same relation to these levels as the acoustic front end stands to lexical access.· As I conveniently feed his front end, his droppings should cascade on to the newspapers covering the floor.· The consequence of having a front end is that stimuli tend to make their impact there first.· The freight train was partially derailed, with its shattered front end resting close to a home.· You forgot to cover up the Anglia Television badge on the front end!· But this porcupine had no scratch on its belly; it had been attacked at the front end instead.
· At the front entrance there are two wide door openings so access in and out is extremely good.· Police barricades were set up at the front entrance, and police cars occasionally circled the building.· As Brassard was leaving, he warned the security man at the front entrance that Celia was expecting a visitor.· Returning to the front entrance, he found Hendrix still waiting for her food, smoking yet another cigarette.· The steps at the front entrance were demolished and a ramp was constructed together with new steps.· They had been strictly segregated from the ladies and gentlemen who entered by the front entrance and walked on carpet.· She turned from the front entrance.· Flats with shared front entrances are not particularly desirable either, even if they do have entry phones fitted.
· The house was called Lilac Villa, a name no one used, though the front garden contained several ancient gnarled lilac bushes.· They disappeared into the front garden of one of the houses.· Soon we arrived at Tower House, a suburban-style dwelling with a large front garden.· The brick walls and paving of the front garden are clean and tidy, but rather harsh.· Mrs Grogan had seen a man half way up the sycamore tree in the Connons' front garden.· Remember your personal security when viewing front gardens.· Everyone got down very quickly as another shell exploded in the front garden of a cottage across the road.· Michael and Geoffrey stood in the Griersons' front garden.
· In autumn a rowan tree at the front gate was showered with berries.· They locked the front gates of their Seoul home, my residence, and would not let me out.· Motor cycles will roar away from the front gates and, later, cars.· Every day seeing her husband and her boys approach the front gate.· Even more daunting is a flight of 5 steps to her front gate.· Once we had arrived at my place I parked the car and led Amanda through my front gate and up to the flat.· Myself, I peered out of the front gate, and acknowledged the two white-helmeted sentries in their box.
· Julie ambled happily down the long immaculate front lawn, bordered on each side by miniature fruit trees.· Outside, on the front lawn hoisted atop a wooden flagpole, an eternal blank check waves bravely in the breeze.· Not much to look at, because the front lawn and the drive to the Manor were a shambles.· It too had its imposing front lawn and luxurious emptiness.· The long grass of the front lawns was luminous with golden bars of sunlight.· They were tearing up the playgrounds and tearing up the front lawns and the porches.· It's claimed the officers left these tyre marks on the front lawn ... and this typewritten note.· Nor could he be left alone anymore in the late afternoons when he insisted on watering the front lawn.
· But the front line runs across Katanga, and the war cut people off from their fields, leaving them to starve.· Or his practice of filming in the front line, and even beyond the front line?· It would be like having all our soldiers in the front line at the same time.· Warren Goss was among the Federals who were hugging the ground in the front lines.· We really were in the front line.· Guns increased in size and range during the war to enable targets far behind the front line to be hit.· He argued that these were the people on the front line.· Soldiers in front line, page 3.
· Camera crews and their front men cruised the available space looking for celebrities to interview.· He must shed his spiky exoskeleton and become the front man.· And he showed he means to make goals a top priority with the £400,000 move for Rangers livewire front man Spencer.· He was a dynamic band leader and charismatic front man who sang and played saxophone, keyboard and percussion.· He was a good front man, but the real work was done by his team of four assistants.· Start with front man Pauly Fuemana, a New Zealander whose vocal style is almost as difficult to place as his accent.· The service to the front men was much slicker, forcing Charlton back.· Mr Clayton was simply a front man.
· I would have to dress and make up in a small front office.· But the Negro Leagues, despite their many flaws, did have black owners, managers and front office people.· All others extensions can be dialled from the front office.· Which is why the front office felt it was just as crucial to find another dependable reliever as it was another starter.· The drive to integrate back and front office systems among tour and ferry operators is similarly driving revenues.· The front office deserves credit, too, for making the right trades at the right time.· The job can be particularly hectic for front office managers around check-in and check-out time.· Coaching and the front office have a lot to do with winning and losing, too.
· This overflowed into front page news all over the world, even in papers which do not have a fashion page.· But two and a half years later he was front page news.· One day she wakes up, sees all that creepiness splashed across the front page.· He was summarily dismissed from his job and the scandal broke on the front pages of Britain's national press.· Then the New York stock market crashed, and I got pushed off the front pages.· The specialist brochures should have a suitable front page which relates to the interests of the target group.
· In the front passenger seat, the Campbell.· Storage space for front passengers is skimpy, limited to door pockets and a small center console.· Stopped at traffic lights, he glanced down at the envelope lying in the shadows on the front passenger seat.· Her friend Maya McGhee, also 16, was in the front passenger seat.· As a result his friend Shean Kearney, 23, who was sitting in the front passenger seat was fatally injured.· The front passenger could do with sturdy grab rail on the dash.· Dumbo puts me in the front passenger seat and seats himself behind.· The central locking didn't secure or unlock the front passenger door and all the locks felt rather stiff and gritty.
· The front porch was added in 1751 after the Springetts had had enough of the south-westerly winds.· Ellie McGlynn was there, standing by herself on the front porch.· He glared at Yanto with genuine dislike as he stomped through the front porch of the pub.· So Johnny Appleseed lay down on the front porch and went to sleep.· The front porch which has various door openings gives excellent room for cooking and storing the rest of your gear.· She was on the front porch, with Oxie and Fogarty still on the sofa.· The front porch has various door openings with room to shelter when cooking and to store gear.· The roof leaked, and the front porch was falling off.
· It was a sight as familiar to me as my own front room.· There in the front room were our chairs lined up in a straight row, just as Mandon had placed them.· I went back into the scullery and opened the adjoining door to the front room.· He went quickly through the house to the front room and drew back the curtains.· The front room was full of everything front rooms were full of when they had the sale after the Festival of Britain.· Roland Major sat in the middle of the front room that had already been cleaned and refused to help.· Tom put the blacks up in the front room, crashed around in the darkness and lit the gas and oil lamps.· Alice said a quick hello and tried to hurry into the front room, but Duvall called her back.
· Most of the front row jumped to their feet and fled up the aisle away from the danger.· He knew he could abuse the front row as much as he wanted.· He walked without hesitation to the very front row, sat down and lay back, gazing up at the screen.· Hector sits in the back seat of the front row, nearest the door.· Assuming he is fit, he will again share the front row of the grid with his Williams team-mate, Riccardo Patrese.· They would sit there in the front row.· The caption alongside notes that George Davies, aged 19, is in the front row on the far right.· Out of deference to me, and for the eventual eradication of our corneas, we sat in the absolute front row.
· The new front runner is New Zealand, co-hosts of the inaugural 1987 World Cup.· During the fourth round he wavered, the way tournament-long front runners invariably do.· Members might like to note that Crich is a front runner for next summer's trip.· Wild Bill Clinton shows he's a real front runner when tackling the big issues.· The consensus seemed to be emerging: it was an open race but Samuel was clearly the front runner.· The front runners will, therefore, be zones charges by distance or time and congestion metering.· Aunt May is only the front runner.
· No bush was present on either front seat buckle of G-AYIH.· The two that were in the front seats are alive.· Dominating the space between the two front seats are two grey painted wooden vertical wheels with chunky cut-outs around their periphery.· There was a driver in the front seat.· He fell back across the front seats and started being sick.· Then he sat his boxed bear on the front seat beside him and went for a drive.· Soon Professor Cousins himself was snoring in the front seat.· Mike was driving, and Penny was in the front seat.
· A gleam of light showed its crossed front teeth.· He was missing two front teeth, and his hair was cut short in a burr.· You could dig for ever and you wouldn't come up with enough gold to fill your front teeth in.· His four front teeth are through and two more in the upper jaw are pressing.· A raisin lodged unattractively between Heather's front teeth but I chose not to tell her about it.· One of his top front teeth is missing, and there are wide spaces between the others.· Breathe slowly and rhythmically, pressing the tip of your tongue against the back of your upper front teeth.· Mr Hendricks ordered until Billy opened his mouth, revealing the black gap of a missing front tooth.
· So first I disconnect the cable where it joins the front wheel.· The front wheels threw fist-sized pieces of prairie through the windows.· He let go the clutch, lifted the front wheel and drove at the far bank, sand-spit dead ahead.· On our way to Montana our right front wheel come off and we were stranded on the road most all that day.· I distinctly remember seeing a few of the eggs hitting the spokes of his front wheel as he slowed down.· A stone had been dislodged by the front wheel and had punctured our diesel tank.· There should not be any grease in the front wheel bearings, they are lubricated with the oil in the swivel housings.· The pedals were fitted with toe-traps, which ensured that I landed chin first in whatever caused the front wheel to skid.
· The sun was brilliantly mirrored in the front windows.· Through the front window lay a sprawl of hills, but the window above my bed butted the neighbour's garage.· Between the front windows was a small mahogany table, over which hung a matching mirror.· I was strong enough next morning to go and look out of the front window.· Indeed, as we draw closer, our information is confirmed by the chipped and faded lettering on the front window.· His deviousness and dishonesty were in the front window for all to see.· So I shall have to slip into my flat by the front window.
· The ceaseless deluge had turned the small front yard of the cottage into a swamp.· Lost Jaguar and butterflies Next door, Steve Fischer waded through his front yard.· Old bicycles and a long-disused pram are scattered across the muddy front yard.· The guy was standing knock-kneed in his front yard holding a quarter chicken by the end of the drumstick.· This generation fed on the advertisement-ridden local paper, thick as a book, which was tossed daily on to their front yards.· And the minute she saw the dress and shoes sitting in the front yard, she broke water.· But camped out in their front yard, so to speak, we suddenly felt very exposed.· The third woman went to pull a weed in her front yard and a rattler bit her hand.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dangle something in front of somebody/before somebody
1at, on, or in the front of something OPP back: - Dan appeared in jeans, wearing his cap backward as usual.
- You've got your sweater on back to front.
- And can you fool them, by planting them back to front?
- But supposing X-rays were normally displayed back to front or the way one looked at the person?
- I had an arrow right through my body from back to front somewhere in the region of my lower ribs.
- It was all wrong and back to front, but no one could say the old baggage lacked for courage.
- Papers are missing from each and the sheets inside have been turned back to front, and at angles.
- Row 1: Bring needle from back to front of work through the stitch below the first stitch to be worked.
- The crowd was crammed shoulder to shoulder and back to front on the shrinking piece of roadway.
- They're boys' hips, girls' hips, front to front, back to front.
- He was shattered, though he put on a brave face.
- I suppose parents have to put on a brave face.
- Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face.
- Meanwhile, Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week's devastating floods.
- Newspaper staff put on a brave face.
- No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face.
- Whether in denial or putting on a brave face, the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.
- It would be like having all our soldiers in the front line at the same time.
- Or his practice of filming in the front line, and even beyond the front line?
- She is trapped in the front line on the killing streets of Western Sarajevo.
- They were sitting in the front line of chairs.
- We really were in the front line.
- A front-page story about the Owens letter also was published.
- If even one of the cited companies faltered, even though it might later spring back, it became front-page news.
- If she knew that each of these unhappy events would be international front-page news she would be even more upset.
- It became the stuff of front-page news.
- It must have made front-page news.
- Soon, the desegregation of education became front-page news again and forced the Kennedy administration to respond with force.
- The media besiege him, and his views are front-page news.
- The war was no longer front-page news.
- And the story made the front pages.
- Not surprisingly, the story made the front page of the New York Times and many other papers.
- Print reporters know their stories stand a better chance of making the front page.
- But then that funny copper, Malpass, had known I'd been out front on Sunday.
- Her flowers out front may have changed but little else has, it would appear.
- I left the car out front and climbed the wide marble steps to the entrance hall.
- I stayed out front hoping to get another look at the girl if she came out.
- Should they stop because the people out front were drowning everything coming from the stage?
- That the police chief was parked out front?
- There was some kind of commotion out front.
Two of his front teeth had been knocked out. the front cover of ‘Hello!’ magazine the front wheel of his bicycle the dog’s front legsfront door/garden/porch etc (=at the front of a house) We walked up the front steps and into the reception area.front seat/row We got there an hour early in order to get seats in the front row.2a front organization is a legal one that is run in order to hide a secret or illegal activity: a front organization for importing heroin → front man(1)3technical a front vowel sound is made by raising your tongue at the front of your mouth, such as the vowel sound in ‘see’front1 nounfront2 adjectivefront3 verb
frontfront3 verb VERB TABLE
front
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | front |
| he, she, it | fronts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fronted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fronted |
| he, she, it | has fronted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fronted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will front |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fronted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am fronting |
| he, she, it | is fronting | |
| you, we, they | are fronting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was fronting |
| you, we, they | were fronting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fronting |
| he, she, it | has been fronting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fronting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fronting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fronting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Genesis was originally fronted by Peter Gabriel.
- The Hyatt hotel fronts a beach called Shipwreck.
- He is set to front a new rescue package, with a mystery backer ready to invest a substantial sum.
- The city would have to front a mere $ 9 million or so to implement the plan.
- Through a scattering of gray adobe houses, all identical, I would go to the house fronted with mulberry trees.
- When you stepped out of hiding and fronted me, this same face looked over your shoulder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It was a small house, directly behind the church. the front doorstep young soldiers who were sent to the front line to fight He spends hours in front of the mirror! There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor. The kids were playing in the back yard.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The protest followed a front-page article in the Herald three weeks ago.
(=for the rear/front wheels)· The rear brakes were ineffective.
· The price of the book is on the back cover.
It was a small house, directly behind the church. (=of a house)· I heard someone knocking at the front door.· Use the back door if your boots are muddy.
the front doorstep· I banged my elbow on the front edge of the desk.
· There is a long drive with steps leading to the front entrance.
· When the lights dimmed, she slipped out by the rear exit.
(=of an animal)· The tiger has five claws in each of its front feet.
British English (=at the front of a house)· Their house had a small front garden.
(=the gate in front of or at the back of a building)· She stood outside the front gate of the cottage.
· The newspaper's front-page headline read simply 'Prime Minister resigns'.
· She felt in her pocket for the front door key.
young soldiers who were sent to the front line to fight He spends hours in front of the mirror! (=of a newspaper)· Her picture was on the front page of every newspaper.
· He took a wad of money from his back pocket.
· He pushed his way to the front of the queue.
(=in a car)· Never leave bags on the back seat of a car.
(=one at the front of a theatre, sports ground etc)· We had front-row seats.
There was a hole smack in the middle of the floor.· The Times published a front-page story about the scandal.
· Some of his front teeth were missing.
· I bought a set of new front tyres.
· Turn your front wheels in the direction of the skid.
· I don't want people looking in my front window.
The kids were playing in the back yard.· He'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band.· There is certainly no evidence that Steven Morrissey ever considered himself capable of fronting a band in these wilderness years.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► dangle something in front of somebody/before somebody
1[transitive] especially British English if someone fronts something such as a musical group or a television programme, they lead it and are the person that the public sees most: - How can a show that searches for talent be fronted by a bloke who hasn't got any?
- Like most Roman churches, the building is of brick and is fronted by a porch and open narthex.
- The façade is fronted by a narthex which is supported on Norman columns and capitals.
- The house was fronted by a flat Italianate lily pond.
- Dan appeared in jeans, wearing his cap backward as usual.
- You've got your sweater on back to front.
- And can you fool them, by planting them back to front?
- But supposing X-rays were normally displayed back to front or the way one looked at the person?
- I had an arrow right through my body from back to front somewhere in the region of my lower ribs.
- It was all wrong and back to front, but no one could say the old baggage lacked for courage.
- Papers are missing from each and the sheets inside have been turned back to front, and at angles.
- Row 1: Bring needle from back to front of work through the stitch below the first stitch to be worked.
- The crowd was crammed shoulder to shoulder and back to front on the shrinking piece of roadway.
- They're boys' hips, girls' hips, front to front, back to front.
- He was shattered, though he put on a brave face.
- I suppose parents have to put on a brave face.
- Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face.
- Meanwhile, Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week's devastating floods.
- Newspaper staff put on a brave face.
- No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face.
- Whether in denial or putting on a brave face, the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.
- It would be like having all our soldiers in the front line at the same time.
- Or his practice of filming in the front line, and even beyond the front line?
- She is trapped in the front line on the killing streets of Western Sarajevo.
- They were sitting in the front line of chairs.
- We really were in the front line.
- A front-page story about the Owens letter also was published.
- If even one of the cited companies faltered, even though it might later spring back, it became front-page news.
- If she knew that each of these unhappy events would be international front-page news she would be even more upset.
- It became the stuff of front-page news.
- It must have made front-page news.
- Soon, the desegregation of education became front-page news again and forced the Kennedy administration to respond with force.
- The media besiege him, and his views are front-page news.
- The war was no longer front-page news.
- And the story made the front pages.
- Not surprisingly, the story made the front page of the New York Times and many other papers.
- Print reporters know their stories stand a better chance of making the front page.
- But then that funny copper, Malpass, had known I'd been out front on Sunday.
- Her flowers out front may have changed but little else has, it would appear.
- I left the car out front and climbed the wide marble steps to the entrance hall.
- I stayed out front hoping to get another look at the girl if she came out.
- Should they stop because the people out front were drowning everything coming from the stage?
- That the police chief was parked out front?
- There was some kind of commotion out front.
Fronted by Alan Hull, the band had a number of memorable hits.2[transitive] (also front onto something British English) if a building or area of land is fronted by something, or fronts onto it, it faces that thing: The house was fronted by a large ornamental lake. The hotel entrance fronted onto a busy road.3be fronted by/with something to be covered or decorated at the front with something: a large building fronted with marble