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"Front" Definition
noun
A field of activity: the economic front.
A group or movement uniting various individuals or organizations for the achievement of a common purpose; a coalition.
A nominal leader lacking in real authority; a figurehead.
A position of leadership or superiority.
A promenade along the water at a resort.
idiom
Front and center In the most prominent position.
verb-transitive
Informal To provide before payment: "In . . . personal liability suits, a lawyer is fronting both time and money” ( Richard Faille).
Linguistics To cause (a vowel) to be pronounced farther toward the front of the oral cavity.
Linguistics To move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a clause or sentence, typically for emphasis or contrast.
Music To lead (a group of musicians): "Goodman . . . became the first major white bandleader to front an integrated group” ( Bill Barol).
To look out on; face: a house that fronts the ocean.
adjective
Linguistics Designating vowels produced at or toward the front of the oral cavity, such as the vowels of green and get.
Of, relating to, aimed at, or located in the front: the front lines; the front row; front property on Lake Tahoe.
Of, relating to, or situated at the front.
Articulated at or toward the front of the oral passage.
verb-intransitive
To have a front; face onto something else: Her property fronts on the highway.
To provide an apparently respectable cover for secret or illegal activities: fronting for organized crime.
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