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Front

noun

The side that is forward or prominent. Synonyms: forepart, front end.

The line along which opposing armies face each other. Synonyms: battlefront, front line.

The outward appearance of a person.

The side that is seen or that goes first.

A person used as a cover for some questionable activity. Synonyms: figurehead, front man, nominal head, straw man, strawman.

A sphere of activity involving effort. "They advertise on many different fronts"

(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses.

The immediate proximity of someone or something. Synonym: presence. "He sensed the presence of danger" , "He was well behaved in front of company"

The part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer.

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A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals. Synonyms: movement, social movement. "Politicians have to respect a mass movement" , "He led the national liberation front"

adjective

Relating to or located in the front. "The front porch"

verb

(past & past part. fronted; pres. part. fronting)

Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to. Synonyms: face, look. "My backyard look onto the pond" , "The building faces the park"

Confront bodily. Synonym: breast.

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