front
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6.8
- noun
- /frʌnt/
:
frente
- More soldiers on both sides of the front were dying of flu than from bullets.
- Western Front
- Eastern Front
- Russian Front
During the World War, the Persian front was active for four years.
- During the World War, the Persian front was active for four years.
- We have two enemies on the Eastern Front and the Western Front.
- So you're you're thrown at the front and you're just non-stop shooting.
- The Polish are now in retreat along the whole front.
- And Schwarzschild was on the one of the fronts, one of the German fronts, I think was the Eastern Front.
Examples
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The familiar pattern of retreat on the home front was matched with reversals in foreign lands.
Academic text (2011) -
You've already served at the front.
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OK, they want to attack France, but the Western Front is way too, like, well prepared.
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We have orders to move back to the front immediately.
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I had not run away from the front; I was right in it!
Fiction book (2000) -
We have two enemies on the Eastern Front and the Western Front.
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We served together on the Ukrainian front.
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Fresh troops moved to the front and the third attack pushed the Arabs back.
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We are redeploying on this front to hold the choke point.
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During World War I, soldiers faced each other on the front in fierce battles.
Synonyms
725
8.1
A defended position where soldiers stand during fighting
228
3.2
An area where soldiers fight during a war
172
6.5
An area where soldiers fight during a war
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4.1
The area where enemy armies meet and fight
10
5.2
An area where soldiers fight in a war
5
5.8
The place where two armies face each other and fight
1
5.0
A line where opposing armies stand and fight
1
8.1
A row of soldiers or ships arranged to fight the enemy
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
Nothing important or unusual is happening now after recent activity
Compounds
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1.3
The first row of seats nearest the stage or screen that lets you see the action clearly
- Specialized
1
6.1
A surface that joins points a wave reaches at the same time, like light or sound
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3.7
A swimming stroke done face down where arms move alternately over the water and legs kick
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9.9
A rebel group in Sierra Leone that fought the government, took control of diamond mines and used child soldiers
- Specialized
1
4.6
Pages at the start of a book, like the title page and table of contents
- Specialized
1
7.5
A weather front when a cold front catches a warm front and lifts the warm air above the cold air
A Palestinian left-wing group that carries out armed attacks against Israel
A Palestinian political group that seeks major national change and sometimes uses armed attacks
- Offensive
The lower front of the body above the private area that looks rounded like a small hill
- Specialized
A vowel sound made with the tongue near the front of the mouth, like in man
- Texting
A block of information at the start of a digital file that gives title and date for website tools
- Literature
A campaign where a candidate meets voters at the candidate's home instead of traveling
- Literature
Giving speeches and meeting supporters at your home instead of traveling to many places
A secret left-wing group in Honduras in the late 1980s that opposed United States involvement
A group in Honduras in the late 1980s that used violence to oppose United States involvement
An armed group in southern Philippines seeking an independent Islamic state for the Moro people
A Turkish armed Islamist group that uses violence for political goals
A terrorist group started by Osama bin Laden in 1998 to unite armed Islamist groups in different countries
A far-left group in Turkey that attacks police and the army and opposes NATO and the United States
A Palestinian political group formed in 1967 that carried out armed attacks against Israel
- Specialized
A line where very cold air from the poles meets warmer air and causes storms
A Palestinian group that supports left-wing revolution and uses political and armed action
A Palestinian political group that uses armed attacks for its goals
A Palestinian armed group that split from al-Fatah in 1967 and attacked Israel
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Front comes from the Latin word frons 'forehead' and then meant the forward part in battle, so in war the 'front' is the line or area where opposing armies face each other.