Meaning of "front" : Online English Dictionary : Word Search by Wordhut.com

Meaning of front

1. (n) the side that is seen or that goes first

2. (n) the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"

3. (n) 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"

4. (n) the side that is forward or prominent

5. (n) the line along which opposing armies face each other

6. (n) the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"

7. (n) 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"

8. (n) a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

9. (n) (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

10. (n) a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"

11. (v) confront bodily; "breast the storm"

12. (v) 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"

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