front /frunt/ noun- The forehead (poetic)
- The face or appearance
- The forepart of anything
- The side open to view
- The face of a building, esp the principal face
- The part facing the sea or other water
- A seaside promenade
- The foremost line (of soldiers or battle)
- The scene of hostilities
- The direction in which troops are facing when lined up (military)
- A combined face presented against opponents
- A group of people, organizations or parties having the same or broadly similar (esp political or revolutionary) outlook and aims, who act together against opponents, as in popular front (see under popular)
- A set of false curls for the forehead (obsolete)
- The breast of a man's shirt, a dickey
- The middle part of the tongue
- The auditorium of a theatre
- The bounding surface between two masses of air of different density and temperature (meteorology)
- The apparent or nominal leader behind whom the really powerful person works anonymously (also front man)
- (something acting as) a cover or disguise for secret or disreputable activities
- Boldness
- Impudence
adjective- Of, relating to, or in, the front
- Articulated with the front of the tongue (phonetics)
transitive verb- To stand in front of or opposite
- To face towards
- To meet or oppose face to face
- To add a front to
- To serve as a front to
- To change into or towards a front sound (phonetics)
- To act as the front man of
- To act as the compère or frontman of
- To stand, perform, etc in front of or at the front of, as eg the singer with a band
intransitive verb- To be foremost (Shakespeare)
- To face
- To act as a front for someone else or as a cover for something secret or illicit
ORIGIN: L frōns, frontis the forehead frontˈage noun - The front part of a building
- Extent of front
- Ground in front
frontˈager noun (law) A person who owns or occupies property along a road, river or shore frontˈal /fruntˈl (also frontˈl)/ adjective - Of or belonging to the front, or the forehead
- Relating to a front (meteorology)
noun- The façade of a building
- Something worn on the forehead or face
- A pediment over a door or window (obsolete)
- A hanging of silk, satin, etc embroidered for an altar, now usu covering only the top, the superfrontal, formerly covering the whole of the front, corresponding to the antependium
frontˈed adjective - Formed with a front
- Changed into or towards a front sound (phonetics)
frontˈless adjective - Lacking a front
- Devoid of shame or modesty (archaic)
frontˈlessly adverb frontˈlet noun A band or phylactery worn on the forehead frontogenˈesis noun (Gr genesis generation; meteorology) The formation or intensification of a front frontolˈysis /-is-is/ noun (Gr lysis dissolution; meteorology) The weakening or disappearance of a front frontˈward or frontˈwards adverb Towards the front frontˈways or frontˈwise adverb With face or front forward frontˈ-bench adjective Sitting on a front bench in parliament, as a minister, or an opposition member of similar standing front-benchˈer noun front crawl noun (swimming) The crawl stroke performed face down front door noun frontˈ-endˈ noun The aspects involved in the running of an operation, eg a website, that involve interaction with the public front-end computer or front-end processor noun A subsidiary computer which receives and processes data before passing it to a more powerful computer for further processing front-end load noun An initial charge made to a person taking on a long-term savings or investment plan front-end loaded or frontˈ-loaded adjective front-end loading or frontˈ-loading noun - The taking of a large part of the total costs and commission of an investment or insurance policy out of the early payments or profits made
- Any similar weighting of borrowing, deduction, etc towards the early stages of a financial transaction or accounting period
front-end system noun That part of a computerized printing system which receives the matter to be printed and provides the input to the typesetter front line noun - The battle positions closest to the enemy
- The most active, exposed or dangerous position or role in any activity or situation, esp a conflict (figurative)
frontˈ-line adjective - Of or relating to the front line
- Of or relating to a state bordering on another state in which there is an armed conflict, and often involved in that conflict
front-loaded see front-end loaded above. frontˈ-loader noun A washing machine which is loaded through a door at the front frontˈ-loading adjective (see also front-end loading above). frontˈman noun - The person who appears on television as presenter of a programme, esp a documentary programme
- The leader of a rock band, usu the lead singer
- A forward (football)
front man see n above. front office noun (N American) - The part of an organization where the senior administrative staff work
- The senior administrative staff of an organization
frontˈ-of-house adjective front of (the) house noun (in a theatre) the collective activities such as box office and programme selling carried on in direct contact with the public frontˈ-page adjective - Suitable for the front page of a newspaper
- Important
transitive verb To print a (story) on the front page of a newspaper frontˈ-rank adjective Of foremost importance frontˈ-ranker noun front row noun (rugby) The players in the front row of the scrum (also front-row forwards) frontˈ-runner or frontˈrunner noun - (in a race) a person who runs best while leading the field or one who sets the pace for the rest of the runners
- A person or thing that is most popular, most likely to succeed, etc, esp in some kind of competition
frontˈ-running noun A form of insider dealing on the Stock Exchange in which traders make deals for themselves before placing customer orders that are large enough to affect prices frontˈ-wheel drive noun A system in which the driving power is transmitted to the front wheels of a vehicle as opposed to the rear wheels come to the front - To become noticeable
- To attain an important position
front up (informal) To make an appearance in front or in front of Before |