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| 1. n. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. | |
| 2. n. The side of a building with the main entrance. | |
| 3. n. A field of activity. | |
| 4. n. 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. | |
| 5. n. (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 atmos | |
| 6. n. (military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. | |
| 7. n. (military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. | |
| 8. n. (military) The direction of the enemy. | |
| 9. n. (military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. | |
| 11. n. (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. | |
| He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front. | |
| You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself. | |
| 12. n. (historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. | |
| 13. n. The most conspicuous part. | |
| 14. n. (obsolete) The beginning. | |
| 15. n. (UK) a seafront or coastal promenade. | |
| 16. n. (obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. | |
| 17. n. (slang) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation. | |
| 18. n. (slang) A grill (qual, jewellery worn on front teeth). | |
| 19. adj. Located at or near the front. | |
| The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor. | |
| 20. adj. (comparable, phonetics) Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). | |
| The English word smallcaps - dress has a front vowel in most dialects. | |
| 21. v. (intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. | |
| 22. v. To face, be opposite to. | |
| 23. v. To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. | |
| 24. v. To adorn the front of; to put on the front. | |
| 25. v. (phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. | |
| 26. v. (linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence. | |
| 27. v. (intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for). | |
| 28. v. To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). | |
| 29. v. (transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. | |
| 30. v. (intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances. | |
| 31. v. To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). | |
| 32. v. To appear before, as in to front court. | |
