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| 1. | [ noun ] the immediate proximity of someone or something | |
| Synonyms: | presence | |
| Examples: | "she blushed in his presence" "he sensed the presence of danger" "he was well behaved in front of company" |
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| Related terms: | proximity | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the side that is forward or prominent | |
| Synonyms: | forepart front_end | |
| Related terms: | rear side forefront | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the side that is seen or that goes first | |
| Related terms: | rear side facade nose shopfront shirtfront bow nose face nose_cone frontispiece | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a sphere of activity involving effort | |
| Examples: | "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front" "they advertise on many different fronts" |
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| Related terms: | sphere | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (military) the line along which opposing armies face each other | |
| Synonyms: | front_line battlefront | |
| Related terms: | line battlefield | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals | |
| Synonyms: | movement social_movement | |
| Examples: | "he was a charter member of the movement" "politicians have to respect a mass movement" "he led the national liberation front" |
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| Related terms: | social_group reform_movement boy_scouts political_movement cultural_movement falun_gong religious_movement civil_rights_movement zionism fighting_french common_front artistic_movement | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] relating to or located in the front | |
| Examples: | "the front lines" "the front porch" |
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| Related terms: | back forward advance foremost frontal ante first anterior fore | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses | |
| Related terms: | atmospheric_phenomenon cold_front warm_front occluded_front meteorology | |
| 9. | [ noun ] a person used as a cover for some questionable activity | |
| Synonyms: | figurehead nominal_head straw_man strawman front_man | |
| Related terms: | deceiver | |
| 10. | [ noun ] the outward appearance of a person | |
| Examples: | "he put up a bold front" |
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| Related terms: | appearance | |
| 11. | [ noun ] the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer | |
| Examples: | "he walked to the front of the stage" |
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| Related terms: | back position | |
| 12. | [ verb ] face in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to | |
| Synonyms: | face look | |
| Examples: | "The house looks north" "My backyard look onto the pond" "The building faces the park" |
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| Related terms: | back lie lie confront face frontage | |
| 13. | [ verb ] confront bodily | |
| Synonyms: | breast | |
| Examples: | "breast the storm" |
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| Related terms: | confront | |
| 14. | [ adjective ] located anteriorly | |
| Synonyms: | fore | |
| Related terms: | anterior | |
| Similar spelling: |
frontal Frint frontlet frontier frontage Frantz frantic Frenette frenetic frond |
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