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front definition
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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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