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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Front \Front\ (fr[u^]nt), 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's
              tongue.                               --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              His front yet threatens, and his frowns command.
                                                    --Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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; hence, an attitude and
        demeanor intended to represent one's feelings, even if not
        actually felt; as, to put on a good front.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
              With smiling fronts encountering.     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The inhabitants showed a bold front.  --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Had he his hurts before?
              Ay, on the front.                     --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. The most conspicuous part.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The very head and front of my offending. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front
        piece of false hair worn by women.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears s front.
                                                    --Mrs.
                                                    Browning.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. The beginning. ``Summer's front.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. (Fort.) All the works along one side of the polygon
        inclosing the site which is fortified.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     9. (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.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     10. The call boy whose turn it is to answer the call, which
         is often the word ``front,'' used as an exclamation.
         [Hotel Cant]
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Front \Front\, v. t.
     To have or turn the face or front in any direction; as, the
     house fronts toward the east.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Front \Front\, a.
     Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a
     position in front; foremost; as, a front view.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You four shall front them in the narrow lane.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To appear before; to meet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [Enid] daily fronted him
              In some fresh splendor.               --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as,
        the house fronts the street.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And then suddenly front the changed reality. --J.
                                                    Morley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his
        house fronts the church.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a
        house with marble; to front a head with laurel.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


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

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     Γαλλικά n.
     (κυριολ+μτφρ) το μέτωπο
     Πολωνικά n.
     1 (ετ στρατ pl), (ετ μετεωρολ pl) το μέτωπο
     2 η όψη, το μπροστινό μέρος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     Catalan n.
     1 (l en front)
     2 forehead
     Czech n.
     (l en front) (gloss: subdivision of the Soviet army)
     French n.
     1 forehead
     2 (lb fr military) #Noun, frontline
     Hungarian n.
     1 (lb hu military) (l en front) (gloss: an area where armies are
  engaged in conflict)
     2 (lb hu military) (ngd a unit composed of several, normally three,
  army groups, cf. German :wikt:de:Front#Front_(Deutsch) Front, [2a])
     3 (lb hu meteorology) (l en front) (gloss: the interface or
  transition zone between two airmasses of different density)
     4 (lb hu architecture) (l en front), face (gloss: the side of a
  building with the main entrance)
     Maltese n.
     (lb mt military) #English
     Norman n.
     (lb nrf military) (l en front)
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     (l en front)
     Polish n.
     1 (l en front) (gl: facing side)
     2 (lb pl military) (l en front) (gl: area or line of conflict)
     3 (lb pl architecture) face, (l en front) (gl: side of a building
  with the main entrance)
     Serbo-Croatian alt.
     (lb sh military) #English
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     (lb sh military) #English

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Front
     German n.
     f the front end or side of something.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Front.
     Latin n.
     (abbreviation of la Frontīnus)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     a.
     1 Located at or near the front.
     2 (senseid en phonetics) (lb en comparable phonetics) pronounce 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).
     3 close or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at
  particular times, or of the times they expire; (q: typically, the
  ''front month'' or ''front year'' is the next calender month or year
  after the current one).
     n.
     1 (senseid en facing side)The foremost side of something or the end
  that faces the direction it normally moves.
     2 The side of a building with the main entrance.
     vb.
     (lb en intransitive dated) To face ((m en on), (m en to)); to be
  pointed in a given direction.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     Catalan n.
     1 (l en front)
     2 forehead
     Czech n.
     (l en front) (gloss: subdivision of the Soviet army)
     French n.
     1 forehead
     2 (lb fr military) #Noun, frontline
     Maltese n.
     (lb mt military) #English
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (l en front)
     Old French n.
     1 forehead
     2 (lb fro military) #Noun
     Romanian n.
     (lb ro military) (l en front), front line
     Swedish n.
     1 c The front end or side of something.
     2 c front#English - the area were two armies are fighting each other.
     3 c front#English - area were hot and cold air meet
     4 c front#English - one aspect of a larger undertaking which is
  temporarily seen as a separate undertaking in order to evaluate its
  progress in relationship to the whole.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Front
     German n.
     f the front end or side of something.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Front.
     Latin n.
     (abbreviation of la Frontīnus)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     Catalan n.
     1 (l en front)
     2 forehead
     Czech n.
     (l en front) (gloss: subdivision of the Soviet army)
     French n.
     1 forehead
     2 (lb fr military) #Noun, frontline
     Maltese n.
     (lb mt military) #English
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (l en front)
     Old French n.
     1 forehead
     2 (lb fro military) #Noun
     Swedish n.
     1 c The front end or side of something.
     2 c front#English - the area were two armies are fighting each other.
     3 c front#English - area were hot and cold air meet
     4 c front#English - one aspect of a larger undertaking which is
  temporarily seen as a separate undertaking in order to evaluate its
  progress in relationship to the whole.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Front
     German n.
     f the front end or side of something.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Front.
     Latin n.
     (abbreviation of la Frontīnus)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     Ranska n.
     1 otsa
     2 etupuoli
     3 (sodankäynti: k=fr) rintama
     4 (yhteys ilmatiede k=fr) säärintama
     Romania n.
     rintama
     Serbia n.
     (sodankäynti: k=sr) rintama

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Front
     Saksa n.
     rintama

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     Franska n.
     1 (tagg anatomi språk=fr) panna
     2 Framsida på byggnad
     3 (tagg militärt språk=fr) front#Svenska
     4 (tagg politik språk=fr) front#Svenska
     5 (tagg meteorologi språk=fr) front#Svenska
     n.
     1 (tagg: kat=militärt) linje som utgör gräns mellan stridande parter
  i krig; område i krig där strid pågår; (tagg: text=utvidgat) stridslinje
  i politisk eller ideologisk kamp; de delar av armé som är närmast
  fienden; (tagg: text=utvidgat) politisk organisation (vanligen om
  radikala grupper)
     2 område för verksamhet av något slag
     3 framsida på (större) föremål
     4 (tagg: meteorologi) gränsskikt mellan högtryck och lågtryck;
  ''varmfront'', ''kallfront''
     5 (tagg: bildligt) ta strid emot något

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Front
     Tyska n.
     (tagg militärt språk=de) front

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  front
     n.
     1 (tagg: kat=militärt) linje som utgör gräns mellan stridande parter
  i krig; område i krig där strid pågår; (tagg: text=utvidgat) stridslinje
  i politisk eller ideologisk kamp; de delar av armé som är närmast
  fienden; (tagg: text=utvidgat) politisk organisation (vanligen om
  radikala grupper)
     2 område för verksamhet av något slag
     3 framsida på (större) föremål
     4 (tagg: meteorologi) gränsskikt mellan högtryck och lågtryck;
  ''varmfront'', ''kallfront''
     5 (tagg: bildligt) ta strid emot något

From Deutsch-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 : [ freedict:deu-bul ]


  Front /fʁɔnt/ 
  фронт 2.
  eine plötzlich auftretende Grenze ungleicher Luftmassen
   3.
  Festungsbau zu gegnerischen zugewandte Stellungen
   4.
  auf Schiffen in eine bestimmte Richtung gerichtete Salut der Soldaten
   5.
  Vorderseite diverser Gegenstände

From Deutsch-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ell ]


  Front /fʁɔnt/ 
  μέτωπο 2.
  eine plötzlich auftretende Grenze ungleicher Luftmassen
   3.
  Angrenzung (Grenzlinie) zum Gegner
   4.
  Vorderseite diverser Gegenstände
   5.
  politisch orientierte Gesinnungen

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Front /frˈɔnt/ 
   [mil.] front 
   see: Fronten

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Front… /frˈɔnt/
  frontline
   see: Mitarbeiter vor Ort, Personal vor Ort, an vorderster Front stehen

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Front… /frˈɔnt/ 
   [anat.]  [techn.] forward , fore , front , anterior 
     Synonyms: vordere, vorderer, vorderes, vorne gelegen, vorne liegend, Vorder…
  
   see: vorderst, vorderste, vorderster, vorderstes, von vorne gesehen

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Front /frˈɔnt/ 
  battlefront 
     Synonym: Kriegsfront

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  Front /frˈɔnt/ 
   [vorderste] front line , frontline

From Deutsch-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fin ]


  Front /fʁɔnt/ 
  rintama
  eine plötzlich auftretende Grenze ungleicher Luftmassen

From German-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.5 : [ freedict:deu-nld ]


  Front /frˈɔnt/
  front, gevel, voorkant, voorzĳde

From German-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:deu-por ]


  Front /frˈɔnt/
  frente, fronte, vanguarda

From Deutsch-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-swe ]


  Front /fʁɔnt/ 
  1. front 2.
  eine plötzlich auftretende Grenze ungleicher Luftmassen
   3.
  Festungsbau zu gegnerischen zugewandte Stellungen
   4.
  auf Schiffen in eine bestimmte Richtung gerichteter Salut der Soldaten
   5.
  Vorderseite diverser Gegenstände
  2. frontlinje
  politisch orientierte Gesinnungen

From German-Turkish Ferheng/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:deu-tur ]


  Front /frˈɔnt/ 
  cephe

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Front /fɹˈʌnt/
  الجبهة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  front //fɹʌnt// 
  пре́ден
  located at or near the front

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  front //fɹʌnt// 
  1. чело́
  facing side
  2. фаса́да
  main entrance side
  3. фронт 2.
  military: area or line of conflict
   3.
  meteorology: interface between airmasses
   4.
  military: lateral space occupied from one flank of a military unit to the other flank