Dictionary Thesaurus Word Dynamo Quotes Reference Translator Spanish

front

[fruhnt]

noun

the foremost part or surface of anything.

the part or side of anything that faces forward: the front of a jacket.

the part or side of anything, as a building, that seems to look out or to be directed forward: He sat in the front of the restaurant.

any side or face, as of a building.

a façade, considered with respect to its architectural treatment or material: a cast-iron front.

EXPAND

a property line along a street or the like: a fifty-foot front.

a place or position directly before anything: We decided to plant trees in the front.

a position of leadership in a particular endeavor or field: She rose to the front of her profession.

Military.

the foremost line or part of an army.

a line of battle.

the place where combat operations are carried on.

10.

an area of activity, conflict, or competition: news from the business front.

11.

land facing a road, river, etc.

12.

British. a promenade along a seashore.

13.

Informal. a distinguished person listed as an official of an organization, for the sake of prestige, and who is usually inactive.

14.

a person or thing that serves as a cover or disguise for some other activity, especially one of a secret, disreputable, or illegal nature; a blind: The store was a front for foreign agents.

15.

outward impression of rank, position, or wealth.

16.

bearing or demeanor in confronting anything: a calm front.

17.

haughtiness; self-importance: That clerk has the most outrageous front.

18.

the forehead, or the entire face: the statue's gracefully chiseled front.

19.

a coalition or movement to achieve a particular end, usually political: the people's front.

20.

something attached or worn at the breast, as a shirt front or a dickey: to spill gravy down one's front.

21.

Meteorology. an interface or zone of transition between two dissimilar air masses.

22.

Theater.

the auditorium.

the business offices of a theater.

the front of the stage; downstage.

COLLAPSE

adjective

23.

of or pertaining to the front.

24.

situated in or at the front: front seats.

25.

Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue blade relatively far forward in the mouth, as the sounds of lay.

:10

:09

:08

:07

:06

:05

:04

:03

:02

:01

Front is one of our favorite verbs.

So is yaff. Does it mean:

to bark; yelp.

to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.

LEARN MORE FUN, UNUSUAL VERBS WITH WORD DYNAMO...

verb (used with object)

26.

to have the front toward; face: Our house fronts the lake.

27.

to meet face to face; confront.

28.

to face in opposition, hostility, or defiance.

29.

to furnish or supply a front to: to front a building with sandstone.

30.

to serve as a front to: A long, sloping lawn fronted their house.

EXPAND

31.

Informal. to provide an introduction to; introduce: a recorded message that is fronted with a singing commercial.

32.

to lead (a jazz or dance band).

33.

Phonetics. to articulate (a speech sound) at a position farther front in the mouth.

34.

Linguistics. to move (a constituent) to the beginning of a clause or sentence.

COLLAPSE

verb (used without object)

35.

to have or turn the front in some specified direction: Our house fronts on the lake.

36.

to serve as a cover or disguise for another activity, especially something of a disreputable or illegal nature: The shop fronts for a narcotics ring.

interjection

37.

(used to call or command someone to come, look, etc., to the front, as in an order to troops on parade or in calling a hotel bellboy to the front desk): Front and center, on the double!

Idioms

38.

in front, in a forward place or position: Sit down, you in front!

39.

in front of,

ahead of: to walk in front of a moving crowd.

outside the entrance of: to wait in front of a house.

in the presence of: to behave badly in front of company.

40.

out front,

outside the entrance: He's waiting out front.

ahead of competitors: This advertising campaign ought to put our business way out front.

Theater. in the audience or auditorium.

Informal. candidly; frankly: Say what you mean out front.

41.

up front, Informal.

in advance; before anything else: You'll have to make a payment of $5,000 up front.

frank; open; direct: I want you to be up front with me.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English frount, front < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin front- (stem of frōns) forehead, brow, front

Related forms

un·front·ed, adjective

Example Sentences

Put the children's section as far away from the front door as possible.

Years of covering up horrible acts are unraveling in front of our eyes.

But this front line of destruction is constantly moving.

EXPAND

Put the children's section as far away from the front door as possible.

Years of covering up horrible acts are unraveling in front of our eyes.

But this front line of destruction is constantly moving.

To earthbound observers, this configuration makes the distant star appear brighter, as if a lens was placed in front of it.

Place upright on plank in front of hot coals on outdoor fireplace.

Instead of a front lawn, try drought-tolerant landscaping.

My relatives know my camera is always nearby, usually tucked into the front pocket of my jeans.

The battle is only one front in the larger war against hedge funds.

Bookplates are prints designed to be pasted into the front of books to display ownership.

Mountain lions are strong jumpers, thanks to muscular hind legs that are longer than their front legs.

Mothers often say they would step in front of a bullet to save their child's life.

We do have a few lizards that run on rear legs but the front ones are the same size.

Flagstone paths curve through a low-water front yard.

Unlike other cargo bikes, it achieves this length by shifting the front wheel instead of the back wheel.

I've seen senior scholars, serving as paper discussants, shame junior scholars and graduate students in front of large audiences.

Dolphins normally have two fins that are structurally similar to other mammals' arms or front legs.

Look up from this page and scan the scene in front of you.

Pygmy girl with front teeth shaped by a machete to make her look more beautiful.

Lawns have their place, but the front yard is rarely one of them.

Move to open space if possible and circle so the dog has to approach you from the front.

Also known as the transparent boxfish, the roundbelly cowfish has two short horns in front of its eyes.

Hummingbirds are famous for their hovering ability, which lets them linger in front of flowers and feast on their nectar.

We all got extremely scared since the roar seemed to be right in front of us.

As the driving force of your system, the front left and right speakers are the best starting point.

The falcon's eyes also are on the front of its head.

Most four-legged animals drive forward with their rear legs and stop with their front legs.

Some of it does not make the front page, but it represents fundamental changes in the way science sees the world.

By allowing four whole car lengths, when a car merges in front of you, you shouldn't have to even consider using your brakes.

SuperCroc's long head is wider in front than in the middle.

The refrigerated shelves are protected by jets of air that blow across the front.

It is complete, but without the front and back cover.

Be sure to stop with your front bumper close to, but behind the stop bar at the intersection.

Neither of us were listening to the same music or focusing on the same point on the track in front of us.

At a certain age, many of us turn to the obituaries after scanning the front page of our daily newspaper.

Place them on the side walls half way between the listener and the front of the speakers.

As anticipated, these neurons fired when the animals reached for peanuts placed in front of them.

Market traders are selling everything from live chickens to trainers to herbal medicine from the front of rickety shacks.

Extend your left leg straight in front of you and balance your left foot on its heel.

And when you have a goal in front of you--whether it's.

Turn your front yard or deck into a budget-friendy outdoor retreat.

It was designed to have the widest front tire possible.

Academic freedom has been pushed to the front burner in higher education.

Some drivers say that when their cars are in electric mode people are more likely to step out in front of them.

There, right in front of me, was a small piece of wood eating a green leaf.

In that capacity, it's been front and center in two of the odder brain studies done in the past year.

Creating a woodland front yard and flower-filled backyard.

Ticketmaster charges a flat per-ticket fee now, so it has nothing to hide on this front other than the way those fees add.

The tv and camera were right in front of me so it was always a shot waist up.

Sixteen policemen were killed, bang in front of a posh hotel.

Seen above as an artist's reconstruction in front of.

By flapping their front appendages, the animals gained more traction as they were running up.

Most businesses were close to the road and had lawns out front instead of parking lots.

Carry only small bags that can be stowed on your lap during dinner or tucked away in your front pants pocket.

My eyes followed up to its head and then to its other front leg.

Plant a water-wise front yard alive with texture and blooms.

Remember to let the excess wire stick out from each end, it will be used to join the front and back panels together later.

His car is parked in front of his temporary abode:.

Groups stop to take pictures in front of each monument hoping to capture a speck of pink in the shots.

In front of the soldiers in the stadium stands, she skipped in place and sang:.

The tutoring supervisor was rude to me in front of one of my students.

Then circle the letter in front of the question that goes with each answer.

We have repurposed a coat closet in the front hall into a pantry and much of our cookware sits on the floor in the dining room.

Always kvetching about what a waste front yard lawns are.

Athletics has become the front porch to a university, and our front porch has been crowded of late.

Wearing front lace wigs is becoming more and more popular among women.

Two vertical banks of transmitter/receivers pivot in tandem, each emitting a wave front that penetrates clothing and.

Flickering in front of the flames was a gurney, upon which lay a huge hunk of beef.

The front half of each looks normal, but the back half hinges at the top.

Even when you find a melted chocolate bar on the front seat of the car.

Suddenly it seems there are more and more celebrity stars wearing lace front wigs.

After that, he spent up to two hours each day reshaping his nose in front of a mirror and obsessing over its ugliness.

They are mammoth corals, and there are hundreds of them in front of us.

At the top of the walk, an impressive arbor covered with lush vines directs visitors to the front door.

Lift the front finger and then slide the back one left or right.

Summer is actually pretty light on the job front here.

But these days the chief threats to the goliath are on the home front.

One orchid deposits its pollen on a particular bee's front legs.

But it's actually located in a south-facing front yard.

The small front wheel, upright position and hands-behind stance all say one thing:.

Now anyone with the appropriate permit can park his space in front of.

But the connexion between high front vowels and the meaning of smallness is not a scientific discovery about how language works.

Spiny agaves are limited to the front yard, while softer plants grow in back, where the children play.

One of my fellow soldiers stands in front of me and chucks a grenade at the al-Qaida fighter h.

Many times the bait of tenure is dangled in front of a foreign hire.

The problem arises when a speeding vehicle heats the air in front of it, ionizing it into plasma that blocks radio transmissions.

Willow chairs invite lounging on the large front porch, which doubles as a gallery for a festive.

Best for tidiness are the two drawers in the front panel which will keep clutter off the desktop.

Even if viewed from a distance, you'd see a two-body traffic jam oscillating from in front of earth to behind it.

Place the front speakers in the proper position, which should be determined by the size and layout of your room.

He believes the fleshy nostrils of the huge animals were at the front of their.

It's finally your turn, and as you reach for the taxi door a large man pushes in front of you, practically knocking you over.

He was kind of sitting on the floorboard of the van, but with his head laying on the bench seat in the front.

Contours are seen to belong to the figure, which is seen to be lying in front of the shapeless ground.

If you really must take a picture of yourself, try turning the camera upside down or mug in front of a mirror.

Now that you know we're getting six more weeks of winter, why not snuggle up in front of the computer to ponder the fates of the.

It's got an electric drivetrain, a single-sided front end, the daintiest wheels ever.

Actually light should be measured by neutrinos, which are fermions, not subject to dispersion in its wave front.

The softly spoken man and gentle man sitting in front of.

They would shortly present said speech in front of an audience while being filmed.

In the video below, one can see the worm stopping as laser light inhibits motor neurons in the front of its body.

He grips his mate, front legs clasped tight around her torso.

The formerly blank façade had cramped stairs along one side and a front deck that was exposed to the weather.

Encircle a few pumpkins with slender carvings to add a subtle glow to your front porch.

COLLAPSE

Dictionary.com Unabridged

frontispiece.

Link To front

Collins

World English Dictionary

front (frʌnt)

—n
1.	that part or side that is forward, prominent, or most often seen or used
2.	a position or place directly before or ahead: a fountain stood at the front of the building
3.	the beginning, opening, or first part: the front of the book
4.	the position of leadership; forefront; vanguard: in the front of scientific knowledge
5.	land bordering a lake, street, etc
6.	land along a seashore or large lake, esp a promenade
7.	military
	a. the total area in which opposing armies face each other
	b. the lateral space in which a military unit or formation is operating: to advance on a broad front
	c. the direction in which troops are facing when in a formed line
8.	meteorol warm front See also cold front the dividing line or plane between two air masses or water masses of different origins and having different characteristics
9.	outward aspect or bearing, as when dealing with a situation: a bold front
10.	assurance, overconfidence, or effrontery
11.	informal a business or other activity serving as a respectable cover for another, usually criminal, organization
12.	chiefly (US) a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority; figurehead
13.	informal outward appearance of rank or wealth
14.	a particular field of activity involving some kind of struggle: on the wages front
15.	a group of people with a common goal: a national liberation front
16.	a false shirt front; a dicky
17.	archaic the forehead or the face

—*adj*
18.	of, at, or in the front: a front seat
19.	phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of ee in English see or a in English hat
20.	on the front foot at an advantage, outclassing and outmanoeuvring one's opponents

—vb (when intr, foll by on or onto) (often foll by up)
21.	to be opposite (to); face (onto): this house fronts the river
22.	(tr) to be a front of or for
23.	informal (tr) to appear as a presenter in (a television show)
24.	(tr) to be the lead singer or player in (a band)
25.	(tr) to confront, esp in hostility or opposition
26.	(tr) to supply a front for
27.	informal (Austral), (NZ) to appear (at): to front up at the police station

[C13 (in the sense: forehead, face): from Latin frōns forehead, foremost part]

'frontless

—*adj*

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

front

late 13c., from O.Fr. front "forehead, brow," from L. frontem (nom. frons) "forehead," perhaps lit. "that which projects," from PIE *bhront-, from base *bhren- "to project, stand out." Sense of "foremost part of anything" developed in L. The military sense of "foremost part of an army" (mid-14c.) led

EXPAND

to the meaning "field of operations in contact with the enemy" (1660s). Home front is from 1919. Sense of "public facade" is from 1891; that of "something serving as a cover for illegal activities" is from 1905. Meteorological sense first recorded 1921. The verb is from 1520s. Related: Fronted; fronting. Front yard first attested 1767.

COLLAPSE

American Heritage

Science Dictionary

front (frŭnt) Pronunciation Key

(click for larger image in new window)

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 front , occluded front , polar front , stationary front , warm front.

American Heritage

Cultural Dictionary

front (frontal zone)

In meteorology, the line that forms the boundary between two air masses. Unless they are very similar in temperature and humidity, they will not mix.

Note: Fronts usually produce unstable weather.

Slang Dictionary

front definition

in.
to pay out money in advance of receiving goods; to pay up front. (See also front money.) : I fronted about $550 for the new computer.
n.
a respectable appearance. : Jan can put up a good front, but most of us know the real Jan.
in.
to pretend; to lie. : Stop fronting and be yourself.
tv.
to challenge someone; to confront someone, perhaps in anger. : Don't front me unless you are ready for a fight.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source

American Heritage

Abbreviations & Acronyms

front
confrontational

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

front

In addition to the idioms beginning with front, also see brave face (front); in front of; out front; up front.