12. front an area of activity, conflict, or competition: news from the business front.
13. front land facing a road, river, etc.; frontage.
14. front a distinguished person listed as an official of an organization for the sake of prestige but usu. inactive.
15. front a person or thing that serves as a cover or disguise for some other activity, esp. one of a secret, disreputable, or illegal nature; a blind: The store was a front for gamblers.
16. front outward impression of rank, position, or wealth.
17. front bearing or demeanor in confronting anything: a calm front.
34. (v.i.)front to have or turn the front in some specified direction: Our house fronts on the lake.
35. front to serve as a cover or disguise for another activity, esp. something of a disreputable or illegal nature: The shop fronts for a narcotics ring.
36. (interj.)front (used to call or command someone to come, look, etc., to the front, as in an order to troops on parade or in calling a hotel bellboy to the front desk).
37. front ahead of.
38. front outside the entrance of.
39. front in the presence of.
40. front outside the entrance.
41. front ahead of competitors.
42. front in or toward the theater audience or auditorium.
43. front Informal. candidly; frankly.
44. front in advance.
45. front frank; open; direct.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME frount, front < AF, OF < L frontem, acc. of frōns forehead, brow, front)
Definition of 'front'
Princeton's WordNet
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. (adj)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. (verb)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"
1. (noun)front the front ≠ back the front of the house; the front of my sweater
2. front the position that is farthest forward A few people moved to the front of the theater.; the author's name in the front of the book
3. front sb's front the side of sb's body where their face is Lie down on your front.
4. front the line between two different air masses that indicates a change in the weather a cold front bringing snow to the area
5. front in war, the line where opposing armies meet the western front
6. front in front (of) ≠ behind the man in front of me in line; In front of her were the mountains and behind her the ocean.
7. front ≠ behind The horse was now in front by several lengths.
8. front when sb is there with you or watching you She started talking about sex right in front of my parents.; to perform in front of an audience
9. front looking at a television or computer screen Don't spend all day in front of the computer.
10. front out front leading a competition the candidate who is out front in the polls
11. front in a position just outside a building and a little farther forward of it I'll meet you out front in ten minutes.
12. front up front paid before goods or services are delivered I gave him $800 up front, and I'll pay the rest later.
13. (adjective)front ≠back the front porch; the front cover of the book; the dog's front legs
Definition of 'front'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)front of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view
2. (noun)front the forehead or brow, the part of the faceabove the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face
3. (noun)front 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
4. (noun)front 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
5. (noun)front 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
6. (noun)front the most conspicuous part
7. (noun)front that which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women
Sense: the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything the front of the house; the front of the picture; (
Definitions of front 
Afrikaans: voorkant
Arabic: مُقَدِّمَة ، الشيء الأمام
Bulgarian: фасада
Brazilian: frente
Czech: průčelí; popředí; přední
German: die Vorderseite
Danish: front; facade; for-
Greek: μπροστινό μέρος, πρόσοψη,
Spanish: parte delantera, primera
Estonian: esikülg, esi-
Farsi: جلو؛ اول
Finnish: etupuoli
French: devant, première (page)
Hebrew: חֲזִית
Hindi: आगे
Croatian: prednja strana (kuce, sli
Hungarian: elülső rész; homlokzat
Indonesian: depan
Icelandic: andlit; framhlið
Italian: davanti, parte anteriore,
Japanese: 前方
Korean: 맨 앞 부분
Lithuanian: priekis; priekinis
Latvian: fasāde; priekša; priekšpu
Malay: depan
Dutch: voorkant
Norwegian: front, forside, fasade
Polish: przód, przednia część, pi
Persian: جلو؛ اول
Pashto: مخ
Portuguese: frente
Romanian: parte din faţă; prima (pa
Russian: передний план
Slovak: priečelie; popredie; pred
Slovenian: pročelje, prednja stran, 
Serbian: prednji
Swedish: framsida, första[sida]
Thai: ด้านหน้า
Turkish: ön, ön taraf
Taiwanese: 前面
Ukrainian: фасад, перед
Urdu: اگلا حصہ یا رخ جو دیکھنے 
Vietnamese: đằng trước
Chinese: 前面
