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  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  front 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  front 
 
  Sense  1 
  front,  look  face 
  =>  confront 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  front 
 
  1  of  2  senses  of  front 
 
  Sense  1 
  front,  look  face 
  =>  confront 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  front 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  front 
 
  2  senses  of  front 
 
  Sense  1 
  front,  look  face 
  =>  lie 
 
  Sense  2 
  front,  breast 
  =>  confront,  face 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  front 
 
  front  used  as  a  verb  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  front 
 
  Sense  1 
  front,  look  face 
  =>  lie 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  front,  breast 
  =>  confront,  face 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  front 
  affront 
  battlefront 
  beach  front 
  cold  front 
  common  front 
  fly  front 
  forefront 
  front 
  front-runner 
  front  crawl 
  front  door 
  front  end 
  front  entrance 
  front  line 
  front  man 
  front  matter 
  front  porch 
  front  room 
  front  tooth 
  front  yard 
  frontage 
  frontal 
  frontal  area 
  frontal  bone 
  frontal  cortex 
  frontal  eminence 
  frontal  lobe 
  frontal  sinus 
  frontal  suture 
  frontbench 
  frontbencher 
  frontier 
  frontier  settlement 
  frontiersman 
  frontierswoman 
  frontispiece 
  frontlet 
  frontstall 
  lakefront 
  occluded  front 
  oceanfront 
  polar  front 
  popular  front 
  seafront 
  shirtfront 
  shopfront 
  storefront 
  warm  front 
  waterfront 
  wave  front 
  wavefront 
 
  Overview  of  noun  front 
 
  The  noun  front  has  10  senses  (first  10  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (599)  presence,  front  --  (the  immediate  proximity  of  someone  or  something  "she  blushed  in  his  presence";  "he  sensed  the  presence  of  danger";  "he  was  well  behaved  in  front  of  company") 
  2.  (191)  front,  front  end  forepart  --  (the  side  that  is  forward  or  prominent) 
  3.  (95)  front  --  (the  side  that  is  seen  or  that  goes  first) 
  4.  (90)  front  --  (a  sphere  of  activity  involving  effort;  "the  Japanese  were  active  last  week  on  the  diplomatic  front";  "they  advertise  on  many  different  fronts") 
  5.  (61)  battlefront,  front,  front  line  --  (the  line  along  which  opposing  armies  face  each  other) 
  6.  (38)  movement,  social  movement,  front  --  (a  group  of  people  with  a  common  ideology  who  try  together  to  achieve  certain  general  goals;  "he  was  a  charter  member  of  the  movement";  "politicians  have  to  respect  a  mass  movement";  "he  led  the  national  liberation  front") 
  7.  (16)  front  --  ((meteorology)  the  atmospheric  phenomenon  created  at  the  boundary  between  two  different  air  masses) 
  8.  (13)  front  man,  front,  figurehead,  nominal  head,  straw  man  --  (a  person  used  as  a  cover  for  some  questionable  activity) 
  9.  (13)  front  --  (the  outward  appearance  of  a  person;  "he  put  up  a  bold  front") 
  10.  (10)  front  --  (the  part  of  something  that  is  nearest  to  the  normal  viewer;  "he  walked  to  the  front  of  the  stage") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  front 
 
  The  verb  front  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  front,  look  face  --  (face  in  a  certain  direction,  often  with  respect  to  another  reference  point;  be  opposite  to  "The  house  looks  north";  "My  backyard  look  onto  the  pond";  "The  building  faces  the  park") 
  2.  (2)  front,  breast  --  (confront  bodily;  "breast  the  storm") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  front 
 
  The  adj  front  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (17)  front  --  (relating  to  or  located  in  the  front;  "the  front  lines";  "the  front  porch") 
  2.  fore,  front  --  (located  anteriorly) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  front 
 
  2  senses  of  front 
 
  Sense  1 
  front(postnominal)  (vs.  back) 
 
  back(postnominal)  (vs.  front) 
  =>  backmost,  hindermost,  hindmost,  rearmost 
  =>  rear(postnominal),  rearward(postnominal) 
 
  Sense  2 
  fore(postnominal),  front(postnominal) 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  anterior)  ->  posterior 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  front 
 
  2  senses  of  front 
 
  Sense  1 
  front(postnominal)  (vs.  back) 
  =>  advance(postnominal),  advanced(postnominal),  in  advance(prenominal) 
  =>  ante 
  =>  foremost,  frontmost 
  =>  forward 
  =>  frontal,  head-on 
  Also  See->  anterior#1;  first#1;  fore#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  fore(postnominal),  front(postnominal) 
  =>  anterior  (vs.  posterior) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  front 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  front 
 
  front  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  front 
  bowfront 
  front 
  frontal 
  frontier 
  frontmost 
 
  Overview  of  noun  front 
 
  The  noun  front  has  10  senses  (first  10  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (599)  presence,  front  --  (the  immediate  proximity  of  someone  or  something  "she  blushed  in  his  presence";  "he  sensed  the  presence  of  danger";  "he  was  well  behaved  in  front  of  company") 
  2.  (191)  front,  front  end  forepart  --  (the  side  that  is  forward  or  prominent) 
  3.  (95)  front  --  (the  side  that  is  seen  or  that  goes  first) 
  4.  (90)  front  --  (a  sphere  of  activity  involving  effort;  "the  Japanese  were  active  last  week  on  the  diplomatic  front";  "they  advertise  on  many  different  fronts") 
  5.  (61)  battlefront,  front,  front  line  --  (the  line  along  which  opposing  armies  face  each  other) 
  6.  (38)  movement,  social  movement,  front  --  (a  group  of  people  with  a  common  ideology  who  try  together  to  achieve  certain  general  goals;  "he  was  a  charter  member  of  the  movement";  "politicians  have  to  respect  a  mass  movement";  "he  led  the  national  liberation  front") 
  7.  (16)  front  --  ((meteorology)  the  atmospheric  phenomenon  created  at  the  boundary  between  two  different  air  masses) 
  8.  (13)  front  man,  front,  figurehead,  nominal  head,  straw  man  --  (a  person  used  as  a  cover  for  some  questionable  activity) 
  9.  (13)  front  --  (the  outward  appearance  of  a  person;  "he  put  up  a  bold  front") 
  10.  (10)  front  --  (the  part  of  something  that  is  nearest  to  the  normal  viewer;  "he  walked  to  the  front  of  the  stage") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  front 
 
  The  verb  front  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  front,  look  face  --  (face  in  a  certain  direction,  often  with  respect  to  another  reference  point;  be  opposite  to  "The  house  looks  north";  "My  backyard  look  onto  the  pond";  "The  building  faces  the  park") 
  2.  (2)  front,  breast  --  (confront  bodily;  "breast  the  storm") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  front 
 
  The  adj  front  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (17)  front  --  (relating  to  or  located  in  the  front;  "the  front  lines";  "the  front  porch") 
  2.  fore,  front  --  (located  anteriorly) 



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