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front
(frŭnt)n.
1. The forward part or surface, as of a building.
2. The area, location, or position directly before or ahead.
3. A position of leadership or superiority.
4. The forehead or face, especially of a bird or other animal.
5.
a. Demeanor or bearing, especially in the presence of danger or difficulty.
b. An outward, often feigned, appearance or manner: They put up a good front.
6.
a. Land bordering a lake, river, or street.
b. A promenade along the water at a resort.
7. A detachable part of a dress shirt covering the chest; a dickey.
8.
a. The most forward line of a combat force.
b. The area of contact between opposing combat forces; a battlefront.
9. Meteorology The interface between air masses of different temperatures or densities.
10. A field of activity: the economic front.
11.
a. A group or movement uniting various individuals or organizations for the achievement of a common purpose; a coalition.
b. A nominal leader lacking in real authority; a figurehead.
c. An apparently respectable person, group, or business used as a cover for secret or illegal activities.
12. Archaic
a. The first part; the beginning.
b. The face; the countenance.
adj.
1. Of, relating to, aimed at, or located in the front: the front lines; the front row; front property on Lake Tahoe.
2. Linguistics Designating vowels produced at or toward the front of the oral cavity, such as the vowels of green and get.
v. front·ed, front·ing, fronts
v.tr.
1. To look out on; face: a house that fronts the ocean.
2. To meet in opposition; confront.
3. To provide a front for.
4. To serve as a front for.
5. Music To lead (a group of musicians): "Goodman ... became the first major white bandleader to front an integrated group" (Bill Barol).
6. Informal To provide before payment: "In ... personal liability suits, a lawyer is fronting both time and money" (Richard Faille).
7. Linguistics To move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a clause or sentence, typically for emphasis or contrast.
8. Linguistics To cause (a vowel) to be pronounced farther toward the front of the oral cavity.
v.intr.
1. To have a front; face onto something else: Her property fronts on the highway.
2. To provide an apparently respectable cover for secret or illegal activities: fronting for organized crime.
interj.
Idiom: Used by a desk clerk in a hotel to summon a bellhop.
front and center
In the most prominent position.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frōns, front-, forehead, front.]
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front
(frʌnt)n
1. that part or side that is forward, prominent, or most often seen or used
2. a position or place directly before or ahead: a fountain stood at the front of the building.
3. the beginning, opening, or first part: the front of the book.
4. the position of leadership; forefront; vanguard: in the front of scientific knowledge.
5. land bordering a lake, street, etc
6. land along a seashore or large lake, esp a promenade
7. (Military) military
a. the total area in which opposing armies face each other
b. the lateral space in which a military unit or formation is operating: to advance on a broad front.
c. the direction in which troops are facing when in a formed line
8. (Physical Geography) meteorol the dividing line or plane between two air masses or water masses of different origins and having different characteristics. See also warm front, cold front
9. outward aspect or bearing, as when dealing with a situation: a bold front.
10. assurance, overconfidence, or effrontery
11. informal a business or other activity serving as a respectable cover for another, usually criminal, organization
12. chiefly US a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority; figurehead
13. informal outward appearance of rank or wealth
14. a particular field of activity involving some kind of struggle: on the wages front.
15. a group of people with a common goal: a national liberation front.
16. (Clothing & Fashion) a false shirt front; a dicky
17. (Anatomy) archaic the forehead or the face
adj (prenominal)
18. of, at, or in the front: a front seat.
19. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of ee in English see or a in English hat
20. on the front foot at an advantage, outclassing and outmanoeuvring one's opponents
vb
21. (when: intr, foll by on or onto) to be opposite (to); face (onto): this house fronts the river.
22. (tr) to be a front of or for
23. (Broadcasting) (tr) informal to appear as a presenter in (a television show)
24. (Music, other) (tr) to be the lead singer or player in (a band)
25. (tr) to confront, esp in hostility or opposition
26. (tr) to supply a front for
27. informal (often foll by: up) Austral and NZ to appear (at): to front up at the police station.
[C13 (in the sense: forehead, face): from Latin frōns forehead, foremost part]
ˈfrontless adj
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front
(frʌnt)n.
1. the foremost part or surface of anything.
2. the part or side of anything that faces forward: the front of a jacket.
3. the part or side of anything, as a building, that seems to look out or to be directed forward: We sat in the front of the restaurant.
4. any side or face, as of a house.
5. a facade, considered with respect to its architectural treatment or material: a cast-iron front.
6. a property line along a street or the like: a fifty-foot front.
7. a place or position directly before anything.
8. a position of leadership in a particular endeavor or field: She rose to the front of her profession.
9.
a. the foremost line or part of an army.
b. a line of battle.
c. the place where combat operations are carried on.
10. an area of activity, conflict, or competition: news from the business front.
11. land facing a road, river, etc.; frontage.
12. a distinguished person listed as an official of an organization for the sake of prestige but usu. inactive.
13. 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.
14. outward impression of rank, position, or wealth.
15. bearing or demeanor in confronting anything: a calm front.
16. the forehead, or the entire face.
17. a coalition or movement to achieve a particular end, usu. political: the people's front.
18. an article of clothing worn over the breast, as a dickey.
19. an interface or zone of transition between two dissimilar air masses.
20.
adj. a. the auditorium of a theater.
b. the business offices of a theater.
c. the front of the stage; downstage.
21. of or pertaining to the front.
22. situated in or at the front: front seats.
23. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue blade relatively far forward in the mouth, as either of the sounds of tea.
v.t. 24. to have the front toward; face: Our house fronts the lake.
25. to meet face to face; confront.
26. to face in opposition, hostility, or defiance.
27. to furnish or supply a front to: to front a building with sandstone.
28. to serve as a front to: A long, sloping lawn fronted their house.
29. to lead (a jazz or dance band).
v.i. 30. to have or turn the front in some specified direction: Our house fronts on the lake.
31. 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.
interj. 32. (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).
Idioms: 1. in front, in a forward place or position.
2. in front of,
a. ahead of.
b. outside the entrance of.
c. in the presence of.
3. out front,
a. outside the entrance.
b. ahead of competitors.
c. in or toward the theater audience or auditorium.
d. Informal. candidly; frankly.
4. up front, Informal.
a. in advance.
b. frank; open; direct.
[1250–1300; Middle English frount, front < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin frontem, acc. of frōns forehead, brow, front]
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cold front (left) and warm front (right)
front
(frŭnt) The boundary between two air masses that have different temperatures. Fronts are often accompanied by rain or unsettled weather. See more at cold front, warm front.
The American Heritage® Student Science Dictionary, Second Edition. Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
front
1. The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
2. The direction of the enemy.
3. The line of contact of two opposing forces.
4. When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
2. The direction of the enemy.
3. The line of contact of two opposing forces.
4. When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
front
1. 'front'
The front of a building is the part that faces the street or that has the building's main entrance.
There is a large garden at the front of the house.
I knocked on the front door.
2. 'in front of'
If you are between the front of a building and the street, you say that you are in front of the building.
A crowd had assembled in front of the court.
People were waiting in front of the art gallery.
Be Careful!
Don't use 'the' before front in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'People were waiting in the front of the art gallery'.
3. 'opposite'
If there is a street between you and the front of a building, don't say that you are 'in front of' the building. You say that you are opposite it.
The hotel is opposite a railway station.
Opposite is St Paul's Church.
There was a banner on the building opposite.
Speakers of American English usually say across from rather than 'opposite'.
Stinson has rented a home across from his parents.
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front
Past participle: fronted
Gerund: fronting
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front
The boundary between air masses that have contrasting temperature and humidity.
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| Noun | 1. | front - the side that is forward or prominent side, face - a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" |
| 2. |  front - the line along which opposing armies face each otherbattlefield, battleground, field of battle, field of honor, field - a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; "they made a tour of Civil War battlefields" line - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line" | |
| 3. | front - the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front" appearance - a mental representation; "I tried to describe his appearance to the police" | |
| 4. | front - the side that is seen or that goes first fore, prow, bow, stem - front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line" face - the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" frontispiece - front illustration facing the title page of a book nose - a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry" nose - the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he ducked under the nose of the gun" nose cone, ogive - front consisting of the conical head of a missile or rocket that protects the payload from heat during its passage through the atmosphere shirtfront - the front of a shirt (usually the part not covered by a jacket); "he had spilled catsup on his shirtfront" shopfront, storefront - the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows side - an extended outer surface of an object; "he turned the box over to examine the bottom side"; "they painted all four sides of the house" | |
| 5. |  front - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity | |
| 6. | front - a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts" | |
| 7. | front - (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere warm front - the front of an advancing mass of warmer air cold front, polar front - the front of an advancing mass of colder air occluded front, occlusion - (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft | |
| 8. | 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" proximity - the region close around a person or thing | |
| 9. | front - the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage" | |
| 10. |  front - 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"social group - people sharing some social relation Fighting French, Free French - a French movement during World War II that was organized in London by Charles de Gaulle to fight for the liberation of France from German control and for the restoration of the republic art movement, artistic movement - a group of artists who agree on general principles Boy Scouts - an international (but decentralized) movement started in 1908 in England with the goal of teaching good citizenship to boys Civil Rights movement - movement in the United States beginning in the 1960s and led primarily by Blacks in an effort to establish the civil rights of individual Black citizens common front - a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together; "the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table" cultural movement - a group of people working together to advance certain cultural goals ecumenism, oecumenism - a movement promoting union between religions (especially between Christian churches) falun gong - a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practices political movement - a group of people working together to achieve a political goal reform movement - a movement intended to bring about social and humanitarian reforms religious movement - a movement intended to bring about religious reforms Zionist movement, Zionism - a movement of world Jewry that arose late in the 19th century with the aim of creating a Jewish state in Palestine | |
| Verb | 1. | front - 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" lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position face - be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other" confront - be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume" back - be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" |
| 2. | front - confront bodily; "breast the storm" | |
| Adj. | 1. | front - relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch" anterior - of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body first - preceding all others in time or space or degree; "the first house on the right"; "the first day of spring"; "his first political race"; "her first baby"; "the first time"; "the first meetings of the new party"; "the first phase of his training" fore - situated at or toward the bow of a vessel back - related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" |
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front
noun
2. exterior, facing, face, façade, frontage, anterior, obverse, forepart Attached to the front of the house was a veranda.
3. foreground, fore, forefront, nearest part the front of the picture
5. front line, trenches, vanguard, firing line, van Her husband is fighting at the front.
6. appearance, look, show, face, air, bearing, aspect, manner, expression, exterior, countenance, demeanour, mien He kept up a brave front.
adjective
verb
1. face onto, overlook, look out on, have a view of, look over or onto Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement
2. lead, head, direct, command, head up He fronted a formidable band of guerilla fighters.
in front in advance, first, before, leading, ahead, preceding, in the lead, at the head, to the fore, in the van Polls show him out in front in the race.
in front of
5. in the presence of, before, in the sight of They never argued in front of their children.
up front in advance, earlier, beforehand, ahead of time They'll be prepared to pay cash up front.
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front
noun2. The forward outer surface of a building:
Architecture: frontispiece.
3. To confront boldly and courageously:
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Translations
أَماميّجَبْهَة سِياسيَّهجَبْهَة هوائِيَّهجَبْهَهمُتَنَزَّه على شاطئ البَحْر
předekpřednífrontanábřežípopředí
for-forsidefrontfront-frontlinie
rinne
edustaaetu-etupuolijohtaajulkisivu
prednja stranaprednji
fedõnévfrontharcvonalidõjárási frontparti sétány
andlit; framhliîframendi, fremri eîa fremsti hlutiframkoma; láta ekki á neinu berafylkingsjávarsíîa; strandgata
前前の
앞앞의
fasadasfrontasiš priekiopriekispriešakinis
fasādefronteizskatsizturēties droši/varonīgikrastmala
front
frontapredprednjiprednji delpročelje
fram-framsidafront
ข้างหน้าด้านหน้า
đằng trướcmặt tiền
front
[frʌnt]A. N
1. (= exterior) [of house, building] → fachada f; [of shirt, dress] → pechera f; [of book] (= cover) → portada f
it fastens at the front → se abrocha por delante
back to front → al revés
her dress had ripped down the front → el vestido se le había roto por delante
you've spilled food all down your front → te has derramado comida por toda la pechera
it fastens at the front → se abrocha por delante
back to front → al revés
her dress had ripped down the front → el vestido se le había roto por delante
you've spilled food all down your front → te has derramado comida por toda la pechera
2. (= forepart) [of stage, desk, building] → parte f de delante, parte f delantera; [of train, bus] → parte f delantera; [of queue] → principio m
there's a dedication at the front of the book → hay una dedicatoria al principio del libro
there are still some seats left at the front → todavía quedan asientos delante
he sat at the front of the train → se sentó en la parte delantera del tren
he sat at the front of the class → se sentó en la primera fila de la clase
at the front of the line or queue → al principio de la cola
I want to sit in the front → quiero sentarme delante
he laid the baby on its front → puso al bebé boca abajo
the car's out front (US) → el coche está delante or enfrente de la casa
there's a dedication at the front of the book → hay una dedicatoria al principio del libro
there are still some seats left at the front → todavía quedan asientos delante
he sat at the front of the train → se sentó en la parte delantera del tren
he sat at the front of the class → se sentó en la primera fila de la clase
at the front of the line or queue → al principio de la cola
I want to sit in the front → quiero sentarme delante
he laid the baby on its front → puso al bebé boca abajo
the car's out front (US) → el coche está delante or enfrente de la casa
3.
in front → delante
to send sb on in front → enviar a algn por delante
the car in front → el coche de delante
to be in front (gen) → ir primero, ir delante; (in race) → ir a la cabeza, llevar la delantera; (in scoring) → llevar (la) ventaja
in front of → delante de
don't argue in front of the children → no discutas delante de los niños
a car was parked in front of the house → había un coche aparcado delante de la casa
she sat down in front of her mirror → se sentó delante del espejo → se sentó frente al espejo
in front → delante
to send sb on in front → enviar a algn por delante
the car in front → el coche de delante
to be in front (gen) → ir primero, ir delante; (in race) → ir a la cabeza, llevar la delantera; (in scoring) → llevar (la) ventaja
in front of → delante de
don't argue in front of the children → no discutas delante de los niños
a car was parked in front of the house → había un coche aparcado delante de la casa
she sat down in front of her mirror → se sentó delante del espejo → se sentó frente al espejo
5. (Mil, Pol) → frente m
he fought at the front during the War → luchó en el frente durante la guerra
we must present a united front → debemos parecer un frente unido
he fought at the front during the War → luchó en el frente durante la guerra
we must present a united front → debemos parecer un frente unido
7. (= area of activity) → materia f
is there any news on the wages front? → ¿se sabe algo nuevo en materia de salarios?
we have made progress on a variety of fronts → hemos avanzado en varios campos or varias esferas
on all fronts → en todos los frentes
the government's failings on the home or domestic front → las deficiencias del gobierno a nivel nacional
is there any news on the wages front? → ¿se sabe algo nuevo en materia de salarios?
we have made progress on a variety of fronts → hemos avanzado en varios campos or varias esferas
on all fronts → en todos los frentes
the government's failings on the home or domestic front → las deficiencias del gobierno a nivel nacional
8. (= show) it's all just a front with him → lo suyo no es más que una fachada or no son más que apariencias
he kept up a brave front to the world → delante de todos ponía buena cara
he kept up a brave front to the world → delante de todos ponía buena cara
B. ADJ
1. (= foremost) [wheel, leg] → delantero, de delante, de adelante (LAm)
I was in the front seat → yo estaba en el asiento delantero or de delante or (LAm) de adelante
if we run, we can get a front seat → si corremos, podemos pillar un asiento en la parte delantera or la parte de delante or (LAm) la parte de adelante
he's in the front garden → está en el jardín de delante de la casa
I was in the front seat → yo estaba en el asiento delantero or de delante or (LAm) de adelante
if we run, we can get a front seat → si corremos, podemos pillar un asiento en la parte delantera or la parte de delante or (LAm) la parte de adelante
he's in the front garden → está en el jardín de delante de la casa
2. (Phon) [vowel] → frontal
C. VI
1.
to front onto sth [house, window] → dar a algo
to front onto sth [house, window] → dar a algo
D. VT
1. (= head) [+ organization] → estar al frente de, liderar
2. [+ TV show] → presentar
3. [+ band, group] → estar al frente de, ser el cantante de
E. CPD front bench N (Brit) (Pol) en la Cámara de Diputados británica, escaños de los ministros y sus equivalentes en la oposición
front crawl N (Swimming) → crol m
front desk N (US) → recepción f (de un hotel)
front door N → puerta f principal
front end N [of vehicle] → parte f delantera
front line N (Mil) → primera línea f
front man N (for activity) → testaferro m; [of band, group] → líder m (TV) → presentador m
front organization N → organización f fachada
front page N (Press) → primera plana f
front row N → primera fila f
front runner N (in race) → corredor(ora) m/f que va en cabeza; (in election) → favorito/a m/f
front tooth N → incisivo m, paleta f
front view N the front view of the hotel is very impressive → el frente del hotel or la parte de delante del hotel es impresionante
front crawl N (Swimming) → crol m
front desk N (US) → recepción f (de un hotel)
front door N → puerta f principal
front end N [of vehicle] → parte f delantera
front line N (Mil) → primera línea f
front man N (for activity) → testaferro m; [of band, group] → líder m (TV) → presentador m
front organization N → organización f fachada
front page N (Press) → primera plana f
front row N → primera fila f
front runner N (in race) → corredor(ora) m/f que va en cabeza; (in election) → favorito/a m/f
front tooth N → incisivo m, paleta f
front view N the front view of the hotel is very impressive → el frente del hotel or la parte de delante del hotel es impresionante
FRONT BENCH
El término genérico front bench se usa para referirse a los escaños situados en primera fila a ambos lados del Presidente (Speaker) de la Cámara de los Comunes del Parlamento británico. Dichos escaños son ocupados por los parlamentarios que son miembros del gobierno a un lado y por los del gobierno en la sombra (shadow cabinet) al otro y, por esta razón, se les conoce como frontbenchers.
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front
[ˈfrʌnt] n
in front adv → devant
a house with a car in front → une maison avec une voiture devant
the car in front → la voiture de devant
to be in front (in race, contest) → mener
a house with a car in front → une maison avec une voiture devant
the car in front → la voiture de devant
to be in front (in race, contest) → mener
in front of prep → devant
in front of the house → devant la maison
the car in front of us → la voiture devant nous
in front of the house → devant la maison
the car in front of us → la voiture devant nous
[coach, train, car] → avant m
in the front → à l'avant
I was sitting in the front → J'étais assis à l'avant.
at the front of the train → à l'avant du train
in the front → à l'avant
I was sitting in the front → J'étais assis à l'avant.
at the front of the train → à l'avant du train
(METEOROLOGY) → front m
(in war) → front m
(= area of activity) → front m
He made progress on various fronts → Il a fait des progrès sur plusieurs fronts.
on the political front → sur le plan politique
on the economic front → sur le plan économique
on the home front (= domestically) → au plan national
He made progress on various fronts → Il a fait des progrès sur plusieurs fronts.
on the political front → sur le plan politique
on the economic front → sur le plan économique
on the home front (= domestically) → au plan national
(= appearances) → façade f
Michael kept up a brave front → Michael a conservé une façade digne.
to put on a front → faire bonne figure
Michael kept up a brave front → Michael a conservé une façade digne.
to put on a front → faire bonne figure
(= cover) → couverture f
to be a front for sth [+ illegal activity] → être une couverture pour qch; [+ regime, political party] → être une couverture pour qch
to be a front for sth [+ illegal activity] → être une couverture pour qch; [+ regime, political party] → être une couverture pour qch
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front
n
(= forward side, exterior) → Vorderseite f; (= forward part, including interior) → Vorderteil nt; (of house etc: = façade) → Vorderfront f, → Stirnseite f; (of shirt, dress) → Vorderteil nt; (= dickey) → Hemdbrust f; (Theat: = auditorium) → Zuschauerraum m; in front → vorne; (in line, race etc also) → an der Spitze; in front of somebody/something → vor jdm/etw; at the front of (inside) → vorne in (+dat); (outside) → vor (+dat); (= at the head of) → an der Spitze (+gen); to be in front → vorne sein; (Sport) → vorn(e) or an der Spitze liegen; look in front of you → blicken Sie nach vorne; in front of you you can see … → vor Ihnen können Sie … sehen; in or at the front of the train/class → vorne im Zug/Klassenzimmer; he reached the front of the queue (Brit) or line (US) → er erreichte die Spitze der Schlange; she spilled tea down the front of her dress → sie verschüttete Tee vorn über ihr Kleid
(Mil, Pol, Met) → Front f; he fell at the front → er ist an der Front gefallen; they were attacked on all fronts (Mil) → sie wurden an allen Fronten angegriffen; (fig) → sie wurden von allen Seiten angegriffen; cold front (Met) → Kalt(luft)front f; we must present a common/united front → wir müssen eine gemeinsame/geschlossene Front bieten; on the wages front → was die Löhne betrifft; on the home or domestic front (Pol) → im Inland
(Brit, of sea) → Strandpromenade f; (of lake) → Uferpromenade f
(= outward appearance) → Fassade f; to put on a bold front → eine tapfere Miene zur Schau stellen; to put on a calm front → nach außen hin ruhig erscheinen; it’s just a front → das ist nur Fassade
no pl (= effrontery) → Stirn f; to have the front to do something → die Frechheit besitzen or die Stirn haben, etw zu tun
(poet, = brow, face) → Antlitz nt (poet)
adv up front → vorne; to move up front → nach vorne rücken; 50% up front → 50% Vorschuss; to attack front and rear → von vorn und hinten angreifen; eyes front! (Mil) → Augen geradeaus! ? also upfront
vi the houses/windows front onto the street → die Häuser liegen/die Fenster gehen auf die Straße hinaus
vt
cottages fronted by well-kept lawns → Häuschen mit gepflegtem Rasen davor
organization, band → leiten
adj → vorderste(r, s), Vorder-; page → erste(r, s); front tooth/wheel/room → Vorderzahn m → /-rad nt → /-zimmer nt; front row → erste or vorderste Reihe; the front end of the train → die Spitze des Zuges
front
:front burner
n to be somebody’s front (inf) → für jdn an erster Stelle kommen
front door
n → Haustür f
front drive
n (Aut) → Frontantrieb m
front end
n (Comput) → Frontende nt
front garden
n → Vorgarten m
front
:front line
n → Front(linie) f
frontline
adj (Mil) → Front-; (fig) employees etc → in vorderster Front; front states → Anliegerstaaten pl (an einen Kriegsschauplatz); front troops → Fronttruppen pl
front loader
n → Frontlader m
front matter
n → Titelei f
front money
n (US, paid upfront) → Vorschuss m
front office
n (US Comm) → Verwaltung f
front organization
n → Tarn- or Deckorganisation f
front page
front-page
adj attr news, story, report, headline, coverage → auf der ersten Seite; front picture or photograph (of magazine) → Titelbild nt; to be or make front news → Schlagzeilen machen; it’s not exactly front news → das wird nicht gerade Schlagzeilen machen
frontrunner
n
(fig) → Spitzenreiter(in) m(f)
front seat
front view
n (Tech) → Aufriss m
front vowel
n (Phon) → Vorderzungenvokal m
front-wheel drive
n → Vorderradantrieb m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
front
[frʌnt]1. adj (tooth) → davanti inv; (garden) → sul davanti; (wheel) → anteriore; (row, page) → primo/a; (carriage) → di testa; (view) → frontale
2. n
a. (gen) → davanti m inv; (of house) → facciata, davanti; (of book) → copertina; (of train) → testa (fig) (appearance) → facciata
in front → davanti
in front of → davanti a (opposite) → di fronte a
at the front of the line or queue → in cima or all'inizio della fila
to be in front (Sport) → essere in testa
he sat at the front of the class → era seduto nei primi banchi (della classe)
to put on a bold front (fig) → mostrare coraggio
to be a front for sth (fam) → servire da copertura per qc
in front → davanti
in front of → davanti a (opposite) → di fronte a
at the front of the line or queue → in cima or all'inizio della fila
to be in front (Sport) → essere in testa
he sat at the front of the class → era seduto nei primi banchi (della classe)
to put on a bold front (fig) → mostrare coraggio
to be a front for sth (fam) → servire da copertura per qc
c. (also sea front) (promenade) → lungomare m
3. vi to front onto sth → dare su qc, guardare verso qc
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
front
(frant) noun1. 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; (also adjective) the front page.
2. the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves. the front of the ship; (also adjective) the front seat of the bus.
3. the part of a city or town that faces the sea. We walked along the (sea) front.
4. (in war) the line of soliers nearest the enemy. They are sending more soldiers to the front.
5. a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures. A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.
6. an outward appearance. He put on a brave front.
7. a name sometimes given to a political movement. the Popular Front for Liberation.
ˈfrontage (-tidʒ) noun the front part of a building etc.
ˈfrontal adjective from the front. a frontal attack.
at the front of (standing etc) in the front part of something. at the front of the house; They stood at the front of the crowd.
in front (of) (placed, standing, moving etc) outside something on its front or forward-facing side. There is a garden in front (of the house).
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
front
→ أَماميّ, وَجْه předek, přední for-, forside Vorderseite, vorne μέτωπο, μπροστινός delantero, frente etu-, etupuoli avant prednja strana, prednji anteriore, davanti 前, 前の 앞, 앞의 voor-, voorkant for-, forside front, przedni frente, frontal передний, передняя часть fram-, framsida ข้างหน้า, ด้านหน้า ön đằng trước, mặt tiền 前面, 前面的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
front
n. frente;
in ___ of → en ___ de, delante de.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Facing the front, please
- Which is the key to the front door? (US)
Which is the key for the front door? (UK)
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
front
n parte delantera, frente m; the front of the knee..la parte delantera de la rodilla; in — of frente a, delante de; in front of a mirror..frente a (delante de) un espejoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.