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NomPLfrontsSUF-front

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned, [ …] and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.

Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia. ‎

(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.

(military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

(military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

(military) The direction of the enemy.

(military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

OBS A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

INF An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

(historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

(Britain) a seafront or coastal promenade.

OBS The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

SLA (hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.

VT To face, be opposite to.

VT To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

VT To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

(phonetics, transitive) VI To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

(linguistics) VT To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

VI SLA To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

VT To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

So when I tell people where I'm from and check their reactions, I know in my heart I'm just frontin’. Because the way and where I lived then pales when compared to the way and where many youths are living today.

Adjectif

Located at or near the front.
1. The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

(comparable, phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.

Plus d'exemples

Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- You won't hit more than three whoop-dee-doo ridges with the front wheel first without doing an endo, so that plan-ahead action is something you adapt to rather suddenly.
- Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
- I wonder how many people will get taken in by their addition of a fancy-looking front panel to a crummy device.
Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
- The troops reported enemy advances on several fronts.
- They decided to reface their cabinets, putting new doors and fresh paint just on the fronts.
- Andrey Arshavin equalised with a superb volley into the corner before Nicklas Bendtner coolly fired Arsenal in front.

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