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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The side that is seen or that goes first
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
side (an extended outer surface of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "front"):
bow; fore; prow; stem (front part of a vessel or aircraft)
facade; frontage; frontal (the face or front of a building)
face (the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object))
frontispiece (front illustration facing the title page of a book)
nose (a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft))
nose (the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon)
nose cone; ogive (front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere)
shirtfront (the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket))
shopfront; storefront (the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows)
Antonym:
rear (the side that goes last or is not normally seen)
Derivation:
front (confront bodily)
frontal (belonging to the front part)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The outward appearance of a person
Example:
he put up a bold front
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
appearance (a mental representation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Example:
he led the national liberation front
Synonyms:
front; movement; social movement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "front"):
Zionism; Zionist movement (a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine)
religious movement (a movement intended to bring about religious reforms)
reform movement (a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms)
political movement (a group of people working together to achieve a political goal)
falun gong (a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices)
ecumenism; oecumenism (a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches))
cultural movement (a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals)
common front (a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together)
Civil Rights movement (movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens)
Boy Scouts (an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys)
art movement; artistic movement (a group of artists who agree on general principles)
Fighting French; Free French (a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The side that is forward or prominent
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "front"):
forefront; head (the part in the front or nearest the viewer)
Antonym:
rear (the side of an object that is opposite its front)
Derivation:
front (confront bodily)
front (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to)
frontal (belonging to the front part)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The line along which opposing armies face each other
Synonyms:
battlefront; front; front line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
line (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops))
Holonyms ("front" is a part of...):
battlefield; battleground; field; field of battle; field of honor (a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought)
Derivation:
frontal (meeting front to front)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
Example:
he walked to the front of the stage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
place; position (the particular portion of space occupied by something)
Antonym:
back (the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer)
Derivation:
frontal (belonging to the front part)
front (be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The immediate proximity of someone or something
Example:
he was well behaved in front of company
Synonyms:
front; presence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
proximity (the region close around a person or thing)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Synonyms:
figurehead; front; front man; nominal head; straw man; strawman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Sense 9
Meaning:
(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)
Domain category:
meteorology (the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "front"):
warm front (the front of an advancing mass of warmer air)
cold front; polar front (the front of an advancing mass of colder air)
occluded front; occlusion ((meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft)
Derivation:
frontal (of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air)
Sense 10
Meaning:
A sphere of activity involving effort
Example:
they advertise on many different fronts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("front" is a kind of...):
area; arena; domain; field; orbit; sphere (a particular environment or walk of life)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or located in the front
Example:
the front porch
Classified under:
Similar:
advance; advanced; in advance (situated ahead or going before)
foremost; frontmost (preceding all others in spatial position)
frontal; head-on (meeting front to front)
Also:
anterior (of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body)
first (preceding all others in time or space or degree)
fore (situated at or toward the bow of a vessel)
Antonym:
back (related to or located at the back)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they front ... he / she / it fronts
Past simple: fronted
Past participle: fronted
-ing form: fronting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Confront bodily
Example:
breast the storm
Synonyms:
breast; front
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "front" is one way to...):
confront; face (oppose, as in hostility or a competition)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
front (the side that is seen or that goes first)
front (the side that is forward or prominent)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
Example:
The building faces the park
Synonyms:
face; front; look
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "front" is one way to...):
lie (be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position)
Verb group:
face (be opposite)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "front"):
confront (be face to face with)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
His fields front mine at this point
Antonym:
back (be in back of)
Derivation:
front (the side that is forward or prominent)
front (the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer)
frontage (the direction in which something (such as a building) faces)
Context examples:
Part of the functional area of the prostate that is above and in front of the transitional zone.
(Central Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)
Denoting the area of the body in front and away from the middle line.
(Anterolateral, NCI Thesaurus)
The area in the front part of the chest between the lungs.
(Anterior mediastinum, NCI Dictionary)
The sloshing produces a spiral pattern of cold fronts moving outward through the cluster gas.
(Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front, NASA)
The melting is affected by a large area of open ocean in front of the ice shelf that is empty of sea ice due to strong offshore winds.
(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
About 250 million years ago, a new region evolved near the shoulders and front legs.
(What makes a mammal a mammal? Our spine, say scientists, National Science Foundation)
In human anatomy, has to do with the front of a structure, or a structure found toward the front of the body.
(Anterior, NCI Dictionary)
Denoting the front surface of the body; often used to indicate the position of one structure relative to another.
(Anterior, NCI Thesaurus)
Denoting the front portion of the body or a structure.
(Anterior, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The morning was quickening in the east when we emerged from the front.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
