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