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Etymology
From Middle English frount: forehead, brow, front

Pronunciation
IPA|/fɹ�nt/
audio|en-us-front.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nt|-�nt

Noun
en-noun

1. The side or end of something that faces the direction it normally moves
2. The side of a building with the building's main entrance
3. (Military) an area where armies are engaged in conflict
4. context|meteorology The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. Fronts receive their names from the movement of the air masses involved.
5. context|meteorology An area where masses of warm and cold air meet, often resulting in precipitation.
6. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group
7. A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
8. (Military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
9. (Military) The direction of the enemy.
10. (Military) The line of contact of two opposing forces.
11. (Military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

Antonyms
back
rear

Derived terms
cold front
front door
front-facing
frontline
front of house
front runner
occluded front
shop front
stationary front
storefront
warm front
weather front

Translations
trans-top|facing side
Catalan: front, m cara, f
Crimean Tatar: aldı
Dutch: voorkant m, voorzijde f/m
Finnish: etupuoli, edusta, etuosa
trans-mid
Japanese: � (mae), �� (maegawa), �� (temae)
Portuguese: dianteira f, frente f
Swedish: framsida c
trans-bottom

trans-top|main entrance side
Catalan: façana principal, f
Dutch: voorkant m, voorzijde f/m
trans-mid
Japanese: 正� (sh�men), 表 (omote)
Portuguese: frente f
Swedish: framsida c
trans-bottom

trans-top|area of conflict
Catalan: front, m
Dutch: #Dutch|front n
Finnish: rintama
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (zensen)
Portuguese: frente f
Swedish: front c
trans-bottom

trans-top|area where hot and cold air meet
Catalan: front, m
Czech: fronta f
Dutch: #Dutch|front n
Finnish: säärintama, rintama
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (zensen)
Swedish: front c
trans-bottom

trans-top|public face of covert organisation
Dutch: #Dutch|front n
Finnish: julkisivu
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (furonto)
Swedish: bulvan c
trans-bottom

trans-top|subdivision of Soviet army
trans-mid
Russian: ��он� (front) m
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
checktrans
ttbc|German: Front f (1, 2), Vorderseite f (2), Wetterseite f (4)
ttbc|Ido: avano
ttbc|Spanish: frente m (3,4)

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Located at or near the front.

#: The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

1. context|phonetics Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.

Synonyms
italbrac|located near the front: first, lead

Antonyms
italbrac|located near the front: back, last, rear
italbrac|of a vowel: back

Derived terms
front door
front page
front runner

Translations

Dutch: voor (in compound nouns as voordeur or voorpagina)
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Verb
en-verb

1. To lead or be the spokesperson of a group.
2. intransitive To provide money or financial assistance in advance.

#: If you can't afford to buy it, I will front you the money.

Translations
trans-top|To lead or be the spokesperson of a group
Finnish: johtaa, edustaa
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To provide money or financial assistance in advance
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Military
Category:Weather

Catalan

Noun
front, m

1. front

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /f���/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /fRO~/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. forehead

Category:fr:Anatomy

Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-front.ogg|audio

Noun
front c (pl fronter, def sing fronten, def pl fronterna)

1. The front end or side of something.

#:Bilen hade fått en ful buckla på fronten.
#::"There was an ugly bump on the front of the car."

1. front#English|front - the area were two armies are fighting each other.

#:På västfronten intet nytt (All Quiet on the Western Front, book by w:en:Erich Maria Remarque|Erich Maria Remarque)

1. front#English|front - area were hot and cold air meet
2. front#English|front - one aspect of a larger undertaking which is temporarily seen as a separate undertaking in order to evaluate its progress in relationship to the whole.

Derived terms
västfront
östfront
kallfront
varmfront

Category:Swedish nouns

ar:front
ca:front
de:front
et:front
el:front
fa:front
fr:front
gl:front
ko:front
io:front
it:front
kk:front
li:front
hu:front
ja:front
pl:front
ru:front
simple:front
fi:front
sv:front
ta:front
te:front
vi:front
tr:front
uk:front
zh:front

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