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front
  1. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
  2. The side of a building with the main entrance.
  3. A field of activity.
  4. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
  5. (meteorology) 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.
  6. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
  7. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
  8. (military) The direction of the enemy.
  9. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
  10. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
  11. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
  12. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
  13. The most conspicuous part.
  14. (obsolete) The beginning.
  15. (Britain) a seafront or coastal promenade.
  16. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
  17. (slang, hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
  18. Synonyms:
  19. Examples:
    1. “The eyes are located on the front of the head rather than the sides, giving them binocular vision.”
      “Some people can apparently put up a front and pretend to be someone they are not.”
      “Plans to keep the facade had to be dropped when the front of the building was found to be in poor condition.”
fronting
  1. (phonetics) A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.
  2. (phonology) A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.
  3. (linguistics) An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.
  4. (syntax) The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting).
  5. (slang) To put on a false facade to impress people.
  6. Synonyms:
frontage
  1. The front part of a property or building that faces the street.
  2. The land between a property and the street.
  3. The length of a property along a street.
  4. Property or territory adjacent to a body of water.
  5. The front part generally.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “It is planned to redevelop the site as housing and keep the first and second floors of the Alexandra Street frontage.”
      “The landscaped site incorporates over 660 feet of water frontage, seating areas and a riverside walk.”
      “If you're miserable on the inside, a teeny-weeny nose or super-duper frontage is not going to make a blind bit of difference.”
frontal
  1. A drapery covering the front of an altar.
  2. The façade of a building.
  3. (anatomy) The bone at the front of the skull, behind the forehead.
  4. Any of the scales of a reptile that lie in the general region of the forehead, more specifically between the eyes and to the anterior of this area.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I walked up the driveway and admired the beautiful frontal of the house, with its grand entrance and meticulously maintained garden.”
frontalization
  1. Movement towards the front
  2. Modification of an image of a face to show a frontal view
frontager
  1. An owner of property that fronts onto a street (or waterway).
  2. Examples:
    1. “Such defects could include trees and hedges that require attention either by the Highway Authority or frontager.”
      “Even if there is no mention in the sale of the transfer of the highway, it will be presumed in these circumstances that the whole width is owned by the frontager.”
frontality
  1. (art) The quality or state of being frontal
  2. Examples:
    1. “These artists often carve effortlessly through the stone, unrestricted by its original shape, which for other sculptors usually predetermines an earthbound frontality of form.”
      “Strict frontality is clearly evidenced in Parthian but also Early Byzantine art.”
      “Therefore, Ceravolo has the ability to adhere to formalism concepts in his exploration of spatial frontality.”
fronter
  1. A person who or thing that fronts.
frontalizations
  1. plural of frontalization
frontalities
  1. plural of frontality
frontagers
  1. plural of frontager
frontages
frontings
frontals
fronters
  1. plural of fronter
fronts
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