the part or side of anything that faces forward: the front of a jacket.
the part or side of anything, as a building, that seems to look out or to be directed forward: He sat in the front of the restaurant.
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any side or face, as of a building.
a façade, considered with respect to its architectural treatment or material: a cast-iron front.
a property line along a street or the like: a fifty-foot front.
a place or position directly before anything: We decided to plant trees in the front.
a position of leadership in a particular endeavor or field: She rose to the front of her profession.
Military. the foremost line or part of an army.a line of battle.the place where combat operations are carried on.
an area of activity, conflict, or competition: news from the business front.
land facing a road, river, etc.
British. a promenade along a seashore.
Informal. a distinguished person listed as an official of an organization, for the sake of prestige, and who is usually inactive.
a person or thing that serves as a cover or disguise for some other activity, especially one of a secret, disreputable, or illegal nature; a blind: The store was a front for foreign agents.
outward impression of rank, position, or wealth.
bearing or demeanor in confronting anything: a calm front.
haughtiness; self-importance: That clerk has the most outrageous front.
the forehead, or the entire face: the statue's gracefully chiseled front.
a coalition or movement to achieve a particular end, usually political: the people's front.
something attached or worn at the breast, as a shirt front or a dickey: to spill gravy down one's front.
Meteorology. an interface or zone of transition between two dissimilar air masses.
Theater. the auditorium.the business offices of a theater.the front of the stage; downstage.
adj. 形容词 adjective
of or relating to the front.
situated in or at the front: front seats.
Phonetics. articulated with the tongue blade relatively far forward in the mouth, as the sounds of lay.
v. 有主动词 verb
to have the front toward; face: Our house fronts the lake.
to meet face to face; confront.
to face in opposition, hostility, or defiance.
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to furnish or supply a front to: to front a building with sandstone.
to serve as a front to: A long, sloping lawn fronted their house.
Informal. to provide an introduction to; introduce: a recorded message that is fronted with a singing commercial.
to lead.
Phonetics. to articulate at a position farther front in the mouth.
Linguistics. to move to the beginning of a clause or sentence.
v. 无主动词 verb
to have or turn the front in some specified direction: Our house fronts on the lake.
to serve as a cover or disguise for another activity, especially something of a disreputable or illegal nature: The shop fronts for a narcotics ring.