front
- adjective
- /frʌnt/
- Change direction and start moving away from the front entrance and toward the side entrance.
- front page
- front-end
- front region
When I'm moving up, I generate the front part of that pulse.
- When I'm moving up, I generate the front part of that pulse.
- Like one year I was a front desk agent at a hotel.
- So the cooler doesn't know whether it's front mounted or side mounted.
- This is the olive bando vinyl lace up front bodycon dress.
- I'm going to take the front bits and wrap them around.
- Can you increase your fee front, back or both?
- Wool look, wrap front coat and wrap front coat.
- I just took my little my little shorter front pieces out.
Examples
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Look to each section of the audience: back left, middle, back right, front left, and front right.
Academic text (2011) -
I sent Daddy round the front way.
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The front door was open.
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The front door's locked and the windows, too.
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Can we have security up here at the front counter, please?
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Is there another way out beside the front door?
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Jerry motions to June to open the front door as he helps Hank back inside.
Fiction book (1990) -
I argued that libraries and librarians are on the front lines of doing something concrete about these problems.
Academic text (2011) -
I do believe that partnering with "front-line" staff to find solutions to in-house library access is important.
Academic text (2011) -
The front entrance of the museum is marked by large glass doors.
Synonyms
Near the front in the direction someone faces or moves
Near the front part or the forehead of something
Closest to the start of a line or group
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
Nothing important or unusual is happening now after recent activity
Compounds
The first row of seats nearest the stage or screen that lets you see the action clearly
- Specialized
A surface that joins points a wave reaches at the same time, like light or sound
A swimming stroke done face down where arms move alternately over the water and legs kick
A rebel group in Sierra Leone that fought the government, took control of diamond mines and used child soldiers
- Specialized
Pages at the start of a book, like the title page and table of contents
- Specialized
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 Forward
Surface Forms
Etymology
Front comes from the Latin word frons 'forehead', so as an adjective it describes something at or forming the forward part, like the front door or the front row.