front
Pronunciation: /fɹʌnt/
The English word “front” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- The side of a building with the main entrance.
- A field of activity.
- A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
- The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
- An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
- The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
- The direction of the enemy.
- When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
- A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
- Cheek; boldness; impudence.
- A woman's breast.
- An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
- That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
- The most conspicuous part.
- The beginning.
- A seafront or coastal promenade.
- The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
- The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
- A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
Etymology
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
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