Meaning of "front" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRONT

(Forehead, face): from Latin frōns forehead, foremost part.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FRONT

front  [frʌnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRONT

Front is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb front in English.

WHAT DOES FRONT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Front

Front may refer to: as common noun ▪ Front, a geographical area where armies are engaged in conflict ▪ Front, roughly, an army group, especially in eastern Europe ▪ Front, term used by Goffman ▪ Front organization, any entity set up by and controlled by another organization ▪ Ice front of a glacier ▪ Grill, also known as "front", jewelry for teeth ▪ Weather front ▪ Front, a place where two water masses come together in the ocean as proper noun ▪ The Front, 1976 film ▪ The Front, now part of the Delaware Park-Front Park System, in Buffalo, New York, United States ▪ The Front, an American rock band signed to Columbia Records and active in the 1980s and early 1990s. ▪ The Front, a Canadian studio band from the 1980s ▪ "The Front" ▪ Front, British men's magazine ▪ Front, Piedmont, Italian municipality ▪ Front, California, former name of Brown, California ▪ Front Illustrated Paper, Yugoslav Peoples Army publication ▪ Front TV, a Toronto broadcast design and branding firm as adjective ▪ Front and back, phonetics terms ▪ Front vowel as personal name ▪ Rebecca Front, English comedy actress...

Definition of front in the English dictionary

The first definition of front in the dictionary is that part or side that is forward, prominent, or most often seen or used. Other definition of front is a position or place directly before or ahead. Front is also the beginning, opening, or first part.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FRONT

PRESENT

Present

I front

you front

he/she/it fronts

we front

you front

they front

Present continuous

I am fronting

you are fronting

he/she/it is fronting

we are fronting

you are fronting

they are fronting

Present perfect

I have fronted

you have fronted

he/she/it has fronted

we have fronted

you have fronted

they have fronted

Present perfect continuous

I have been fronting

you have been fronting

he/she/it has been fronting

we have been fronting

you have been fronting

they have been fronting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I fronted

you fronted

he/she/it fronted

we fronted

you fronted

they fronted

Past continuous

I was fronting

you were fronting

he/she/it was fronting

we were fronting

you were fronting

they were fronting

Past perfect

I had fronted

you had fronted

he/she/it had fronted

we had fronted

you had fronted

they had fronted

Past perfect continuous

I had been fronting

you had been fronting

he/she/it had been fronting

we had been fronting

you had been fronting

they had been fronting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will front

you will front

he/she/it will front

we will front

you will front

they will front

Future continuous

I will be fronting

you will be fronting

he/she/it will be fronting

we will be fronting

you will be fronting

they will be fronting

Future perfect

I will have fronted

you will have fronted

he/she/it will have fronted

we will have fronted

you will have fronted

they will have fronted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been fronting

you will have been fronting

he/she/it will have been fronting

we will have been fronting

you will have been fronting

they will have been fronting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would front

you would front

he/she/it would front

we would front

you would front

they would front

Conditional continuous

I would be fronting

you would be fronting

he/she/it would be fronting

we would be fronting

you would be fronting

they would be fronting

Conditional perfect

I would have front

you would have front

he/she/it would have front

we would have front

you would have front

they would have front

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been fronting

you would have been fronting

he/she/it would have been fronting

we would have been fronting

you would have been fronting

they would have been fronting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you front
we let´s front
you front

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to front

Past participle

fronted

Present Participle

fronting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FRONT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «front» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of front

air · anterior · appearance · aspect · bearing · beginning · blind · boulevard · cloak · command · countenance · cover · cover-up · demeanour · direct · disguise · esplanade · expression · exterior · face · facing · firing line · first · fore · forefront · foreground · foremost · forepart · front line · frontage · head · headmost · lead · leading · look · manner · mask · mien · obverse · overlook · parade · pretext · prom · promenade · screen · show · start · top · topmost · trenches · van · vanguard

TRANSLATION OF FRONT

Find out the translation of front to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of front from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «front» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 前面的
• Translator English - Spanish: delantero
• English: front
• Translator English - Hindi: सामने
• Translator English - Arabic: أَماميّ
• Translator English - Russian: передний
• Translator English - Portuguese: frontal
• Translator English - Bengali: সদর
• Translator English - French: avant
• Translator English - Malay: Depan
• Translator English - German: vorne
• Translator English - Japanese: 前の
• Translator English - Korean: 앞의
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngarep
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đằng trước
• Translator English - Tamil: முன்
• Translator English - Marathi: समोर
• Translator English - Turkish: ön
• Translator English - Italian: anteriore
• Translator English - Polish: przedni
• Translator English - Ukrainian: передній
• Translator English - Romanian: frontal
• Translator English - Greek: μπροστινός
• Translator English - Afrikaans: front
• Translator English - Swedish: fram-
• Translator English - Norwegian: for-

10 QUOTES WITH «FRONT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word front.

1

Laz Alonso

'Fast & Furious' is a well-oiled machine. Those guys really know what they're doing. The guys that work behind the scenes are just as important as the ones in front of the cameras. They are car enthusiasts. They live and breathe this world.

2

Seth Berkley

When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations, and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on the front lines.

3

Eve Best

I don't like, and I've never been very good at, close-up shots. As soon as you have the camera right there in front of you, it feels like you're in a different reality from the person you are acting with; you lose any real connection with them.

4

Judy Blume

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts.

5

Henry Bonilla

But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door.

6

Danny Brown

At the end of the day, I think that I'm making music for me as that 12-year-old kid in front of my boombox every day. I try to think about, if I'm that little kid, what would he like?

7

Jencarlos Canela

When I was five or six, I asked to sing at a big family party, and ever since I got up there in front of everyone in my suit - it had a blue collar, like in 'Scarface' - I had the bug.

8

Paul Cezanne

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

9

Michael Chertoff

And one of the things we did here was we put the maximum amount of money up front in those cities that were at the greater risk, but that doesn't mean that we keep rebuilding the same security over and over again.

10

Margaret Cho

My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends. It is the most divine pleasure to exact the revenge of the brutalized child that resides within.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRONT»

Discover the use of front in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to front and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

All Quiet on the Western Front

With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.

Erich Maria Remarque, 2010

Front Office

Designed for all students of hospitality and tourism management, the second edition of this best selling text gives a modern approach to front office operations and management using realistic scenarios set in the hotel environment Key ...

P. Abbott, S. Lewry, 2010

The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the ...

"The cultural front," James T. Farrell once wrote, was made up of "commercial writers, high-priced Hollywood scenarists, a motley assortment of mystery-plot mechanics, humorists, newspaper columnists, stripteasers, band leaders, glamour ...

Michael Denning, 1998

Pushing to the Front

In Pushing to the Front Orison Swett Marden gives invaluable advice on how to achieve success.

Orison Swett Marden, 2007

Gust Front

With the help of some alien technology, the humans on two worlds had fought back the ravening Posleen hordes, and now the survivors of Barwhon and Diess Expeditionary Forces take time to regroup and renew themselves, while on Earth they ...

John Ringo, 2001

New Front Yard Idea Book

Contains captioned, color photographs and sidebars that provide ideas for front yard landscaping, offering advice on planning the space and choosing an appropriate style, and looking at options in plants, walkway materials, and lighting.

Sandra S. Soria, 2012

The Welcoming Garden: Designing Your Own Front Garden

The Welcoming Garden provides the blueprint for creating your own imaginative front-yard combinations and offers fresh ideas in light of any budget or skill level.

Gordon Hayward, 2006

Front Office: Operations and Management

If you need to know about the nature and operation of hotels as they exist today, this new book is for you.

Ahmed Ismail, 2002

Service is Front Stage: Positioning Services for Value Advantage

This book contains a simple but powerful definition of services based upon a separation between back-stage and front-stage activities.

James Teboul, 2006

Eastern Front Combat: The German Soldier in Battle from ...

Appearing for the first time in English, these are original accounts by German soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. Included are stories from a panzer crewman who survived the fighting at Stalingrad as well as a ...

Hans J. Wijers, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRONT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term front is used in the context of the following news items.

The Off-Road Race So Wild You Barely Need Front Wheels

Along with the skill it takes to keep your vehicle at the front of the pack for six hours or more, you can't even always see what's ahead of you. «Wired, Jul 15»

Residents upset after bear found dead in front yard

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Residents of Cheyenne Mountain Estates are upset after a bear was found shot to death in the front yard of a Colorado ... «KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News, Jul 15»

Open & Shut: Front Street Foods

“This is so much better than any food truck,” one tourist says, wheelie suitcase and snack in hand on the sidewalk in front of Union Station. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

Fraley: Delino DeShields races to front in leadoff hitter derby

ARLINGTON, TX - JULY 10: Delino DeShields #7 of the Texas Rangers steals second base against Clint Barmes #12 of the San Diego Padres in the first inning ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»

Cold front brings snow to NSW Alpine region and Central Tablelands

A major cold front has created a winter wonderland in parts of New South Wales, with good snow falls recorded in the Alpine region and a light ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»

Right Sector members rally in front of Presidential Administration in …

​Members of the Right Sector movement and their supporters rally in front of the Presidential Administration in Kyiv on July 11 in support of ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»

Listen To This: All Along The Western Front

We don't often post covers as "Listen To This" selections, but this one is too good! We all know and love MGMT's breakthrough hit, Electric Feel. «PerezHilton.com, Jul 15»

Sunday's National Newspaper Front Pages

Sunday's National Newspaper Front Pages. Sky News takes a look at the stories making a splash in Sunday's national newspapers. 23:40, UK ... «Sky News, Jul 15»

Residents enjoying two-lane traffic on Front Beach Drive in Ocean …

Traffic is flowing smoothly on Front Beach Drive in Ocean Springs after authorities opened it up to two-way traffic on weekends through Labor ... «WMC Action News 5, Jul 15»

Hormel strike Aug. 1985-June 1986The two-front labor war in Austin

It became a two-front war as P-9 faced off against a profitable company and a parent union that was battling to hold the line against ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»