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fronting

5.5

Putting something at the front to get more attention

noun
/ˈfrʌntɪŋ/

: adelantar

Examples

And then I always bring it to the front and then just braid.
She showed us again how to be a pregnant woman out in the world and put that baby bump front and center.
Self-Fronting of the State and Federal Tax Credits

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And you'll hang those paintings front and centre in your exhibit where people can see them.
In the design competition, her artwork was fronting prominently to attract more visitors.
The marketing team decided to fronting the new product in their advertisements to capture customer attention.
During the presentation, he made sure to fronting the key points to keep the audience engaged.

Antonyms

retraction

Literature

23 6.0

An official statement saying that something written or said before was wrong

concealment

3 6.8

Something that covers a person or object to hide it from view

How Prominent

to showcase

104 3.7

fronting

5.5

display

196 2.2

showing

4 2.5

Surface Forms

fronting singular

frontings plural

Morphology

fronting = front (transparent) = front + ing

Standard gerund/nominalization from the verb 'front' meaning 'to place at the front'; the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Fronting comes from the word front, meaning the 'front' or the part put forward. When you front something you place it at the front to get attention, so the word literally says you are bringing it forward to the front.