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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FRONT, n. [L. frons, frontis; Gr. the nose.]
1. Properly, the forehead, or part of the face above the eyes; hence, the whole face.
His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
2. The forehead or face, as expressive of the temper or disposition; as a fold front, equivalent to boldness or impudence. So a hardened front is shamelessness.
3. The forepart of any thing; as the front of a house, the principal face or side.
4. The forepart or van of an army or a body of troops.
5. The part or place before the face, or opposed to it, or to the forepart of a thing. He stood in front of his troops. The road passes in front of his house.
6. The most conspicuous part or particular.
7. Impudence; as men of front.
FRONT, v.t.
1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly.
I shall front thee, like some staring ghost, with all my wrongs about me.
2. To stand opposed or opposite, or over against any thing; as, his house fronts the church.
FRONT, v.i.
1. To stand foremost.
2. To have the face or front towards any point of compass.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" [ant: back] n
1: the side that is forward or prominent [syn: front, front end, forepart] [ant: back end, backside, rear]
2: the line along which opposing armies face each other [syn: battlefront, front, front line]
3: the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
4: the side that is seen or that goes first [ant: back, rear]
5: a person used as a cover for some questionable activity [syn: front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman]
6: a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
7: (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
8: 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" [syn: presence, front]
9: the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" [ant: back, rear]
10: 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" [syn: movement, social movement, front] v
1: be oriented 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" [syn: front, look, face] [ant: back]
2: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French frunt, front, from Latin front-, frons Date: 13th century 1. a. forehead; also the whole face b. external and often feigned appearance especially in the face of danger or adversity 2. a. (1) vanguard (2) a line of battle (3) a zone of conflict between armies b. (1) a stand on an issue ; policy (2) an area of activity or interest <progress on the educational front> (3) a movement linking divergent elements to achieve common objectives; especially a political coalition 3. a side of a building; especially the side that contains the principal entrance 4. a. the forward part or surface b. (1) frontage (2) a beach promenade at a seaside resort c. dickey 1a d. the boundary between two dissimilar air masses 5. archaic beginning 6. a. (1) a position ahead of a person or of the foremost part of a thing (2) — used as a call by a hotel desk clerk in summoning a bellhop b. a position of leadership or superiority 7. a. a person, group, or thing used to mask the identity or true character or activity of the actual controlling agent b. a person who serves as the nominal head or spokesman of an enterprise or group to lend it prestige II. verb Date: 1523 intransitive verb 1. to have the front or principal side adjacent to something; also to have frontage on something <a ten-acre plot fronting on a lake — Current Biography> 2. to serve as a front <fronting for special interests> transitive verb 1. a. confront <went to the woods because I wished…to front only the essential facts of life — H. D. Thoreau> b. to appear before <daily fronted him in some fresh splendor — Alfred Tennyson> 2. a. to be in front of <a lawn fronting the house> b. to be the leader of (a musical group) <appeared as a soloist and fronted bands> 3. to face toward or have frontage on <the house fronts the street> 4. to supply a front to <fronted the building with bricks> 5. a. to articulate (a sound) with the tongue farther forward b. to move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a sentence 6. basketball to play in front of (an opposing player) rather than between the player and the basket 7. advance 7 <fronted him the cash> III. adjective Date: 1600 1. a. of, relating to, or situated at the front b. acting as a front <front company> 2. articulated at or toward the front of the oral passage <front vowels> 3. constituting the first nine holes of an 18-hole golf course • front adverb IV. abbreviation frontispiece

Britannica Concise

In meteorology, the interface or transition zone between two air masses of different density and temperature. Frontal zones are frequently accompanied by low barometric pressure, marked changes in wind direction and relative humidity, and considerable cloudiness and precipitation.

NOAA Weather Glossary

The boundary or transition zone between two different air masses. The basic frontal types are cold fronts, warm fronts and occluded fronts.

U.S. Military Dictionary

(*) 1. The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. 2. The direction of the enemy. 3. The line of contact of two opposing forces. 4. When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n., adj., & v. --n. 1 the side or part normally nearer or towards the spectator or the direction of motion (the front of the car; the front of the chair; the front of the mouth). 2 any face of a building, esp. that of the main entrance. 3 Mil. a the foremost line or part of an army etc. b line of battle. c the part of the ground towards a real or imaginary enemy. d a scene of actual fighting (go to the front). e the direction in which a formed line faces (change front). 4 a a sector of activity regarded as resembling a military front. b an organized political group. 5 a demeanour, bearing (show a bold front). b outward appearance. 6 a forward or conspicuous position (come to the front). 7 a a bluff. b a pretext. 8 a person etc. serving to cover subversive or illegal activities. 9 (prec. by the) the promenade of a seaside resort. 10 Meteorol. the forward edge of an advancing mass of cold or warm air. 11 (prec. by the) the auditorium of a theatre. 12 a a face. b poet. or rhet. a forehead. 13 a the breast of a man's shirt. b a false shirt-front. 14 impudence. --attrib.adj. 1 of the front. 2 situated in front. 3 Phonet. formed at the front of the mouth. --v. 1 intr. (foll. by on, to, towards, upon) have the front facing or directed. 2 intr. (foll. by for) sl. act as a front or cover for. 3 tr. furnish with a front (fronted with stone). 4 tr. lead (a band). 5 tr. a stand opposite to, front towards. b have its front on the side of (a street etc.). 6 tr. archaic confront, meet, oppose. Phrases and idioms: front bench Brit. the foremost seats in Parliament, occupied by leading members of the government and opposition. front-bencher Brit. such a member. front door 1 the chief entrance of a house. 2 a chief means of approach or access to a place, situation, etc. front line Mil. = sense 3 of n. front-line States countries in Southern Africa bordering on and opposed to South Africa. front man a person acting as a front or cover. front matter Printing the title-page, preface, etc. preceding the text proper. front office a main office, esp. police headquarters. front page the first page of a newspaper, esp. as containing important or remarkable news. front passage colloq. the vagina. front runner 1 the contestant most likely to succeed. 2 an athlete or horse running best when in the lead. in front 1 in an advanced position. 2 facing the spectator. in front of 1 ahead of, in advance of. 2 in the presence of, confronting. on the front burner see BURNER. Derivatives: frontless adj. frontward adj. & adv. frontwards adv. Etymology: ME f. OF front (n.), fronter (v.) f. L frons frontis

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Front Front, n. 1. (Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified. 2. (Phon.) The middle of the upper part of the tongue, -- the part of the tongue which is more or less raised toward the palate in the pronunciation of certain sounds, as the vowel i in machine, e in bed, and consonant y in you. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect]10. 3. The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which is often the word ``front,'' used as an exclamation. [Hotel Cant]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Front Front, v. t. To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the house fronts toward the east.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Front Front, n. [F. frant forehead, L. frons, frontis; perh. akin to E. brow.] 1. The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face. Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue. --Pope. Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. --Shak. His front yet threatens, and his frowns command. --Prior. 2. The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front. With smiling fronts encountering. --Shak. The inhabitants showed a bold front. --Macaulay. 3. The part or surface of anything which seems to look out, or to be directed forward; the fore or forward part; the foremost rank; the van; -- the opposite to back or rear; as, the front of a house; the front of an army. Had he his hurts before? Ay, on the front. --Shak. 4. A position directly before the face of a person, or before the foremost part of a thing; as, in front of un person, of the troops, or of a house. 5. The most conspicuous part. The very head and front of my offending. --Shak. 6. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front. --Mrs. Browning. 7. The beginning. ``Summer's front.'' --Shak. Bastioned front (Mil.), a curtain connerting two half bastions. Front door, the door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal entrance. Front of fortification, the works constructed upon any one side of a polygon. --Farrow. Front of operations, all that part of the field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by the army as it moves forward. --Farrow. To come to the front, to attain prominence or leadership.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Front Front, a. Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Front Front, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fronting.] 1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner. You four shall front them in the narrow lane. --Shak. 2. To appear before; to meet. [Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor. --Tennyson. 3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as, the house fronts the street. And then suddenly front the changed reality. --J. Morley. 4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his house fronts the church. 5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel. Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fronts, fronting, fronted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The front of something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use. One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk... Stand at the front of the line... Her cotton dress had ripped down the front. ? back N-COUNT: usu sing, oft the N of n 2. The front of a building is the side or part of it that faces the street. Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft the N of n 3. A person's or animal's front is the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their back. If you lie your baby on his front, he'll lift his head and chest up. ? back N-SING: poss N 4. Front is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front. I went out there on the front porch... She was only six and still missing her front teeth... Children may be tempted to climb into the front seat while the car is in motion. ? back ADJ: ADJ n 5. The front page of a newspaper is the outside of the first page, where the main news stories are printed. The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers... The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers. ADJ: ADJ n see also front-page 6. The front is a road next to the sea in a seaside town. (BRIT) Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front. = promenade N-SING: the N 7. In a war, the front is a line where two opposing armies are facing each other. Sonja's husband is fighting at the front. N-COUNT: usu the N in sing see also front line 8. If you say that something is happening on a particular front, you mean that it is happening with regard to a particular situation or field of activity. We're moving forward on a variety of fronts. N-COUNT 9. If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality. Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home... N-COUNT: usu adj N 10. An organization or activity that is a front for one that is illegal or secret is used to hide it. ...a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates... = cover N-COUNT: usu N for n 11. In relation to the weather, a front is a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air. A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday. N-COUNT 12. A building or an area of land that fronts a particular place or fronts onto it is next to it and faces it. ...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center... There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement. ...quaint cottages fronted by lawns and flowerbeds. = face VERB: V n, V onto n, V-ed 13. The person who fronts an organization is the most senior person in it. (BRIT; in AM, use head) He fronted a formidable band of fighters... The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992. = head VERB: V n, V-ed 14. If a person or thing is in front, they are ahead of others in a moving group, or further forward than someone or something else. Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front... 'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front. PHRASE 15. Someone who is in front in a competition or contest at a particular point is winning at that point. Richard Dunwoody is in front in the jockeys' title race... Some preliminary polls show him out in front. = leading PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR 16. If someone or something is in front of a particular thing, they are facing it, ahead of it, or close to the front part of it. She sat down in front of her dressing-table mirror to look at herself... Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it... A police car was parked in front of the house. PREP-PHRASE 17. If you do or say something in front of someone else, you do or say it when they are present. They never argued in front of their children... He has been brought up not to swear in front of women. PREP-PHRASE 18. On the home front or on the domestic front means with regard to your own country rather than foreign countries. (JOURNALISM) Its present economic ills on the home front are largely the result of overspending... On the domestic front, the president got his way with his budget proposals. PHRASE: PHR with cl

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Forehead, brow. 2. Effrontery, face, impudence, assurance, brass. 3. Van, fore-rank, front rank, head. 4. Forepart, forward part. 5. Anterior, face. 6. Face, obverse. 7. Face, facade, front elevation. II. v. a. 1. Face, stand over against, stand opposite to. 2. Confront, encounter, oppose, meet face to face. 3. Fit with a front, face, make a front to or for. 4. (Poetical.) Come before, come into one's presence, appear before, confront. III. v. n. Face, be or stand opposite.

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