-
Trending Now:
More Trending:
- transgender beleaguer scaramouch non sequitur admiral's mast
- ALL
Definition of frontline
1 : relating to, being, or involved in a front line frontline ambulances
2 : first-rate frontline teachers; also : first-string a frontline goalie
Indulge Your Inner Word Nerd
Examples of frontline in a Sentence
if I'm having brain surgery, I want it done at a frontline hospital
Recent Examples of frontline from the Web
-
In the PSR program, ordinary citizens can take a frontline role in aiding those who have been through immense challenges.
-
For the Royals, the loss of a frontline starter for perhaps as long as two months struck hard as the team prepared to begin a 10-game home stand against Detroit, Cleveland and Houston.
-
The Iraqi government on Friday announced a call for all civilians in the Old City to flee, but human rights groups warned the orders could force tens of thousands into deadly frontline clashes.
-
Shortly after the disease was detected, President Alpha Condé commissioned hundreds of freshly graduated medical students to become frontline soldiers in the fight against Ebola.
-
Pilots, cabin crew and other frontline staff will be spared from the cull, according to Cathay, which employs around 30,000 people.
-
More than six months of fighting has killed and wounded more than 8,000 civilians, according to the United Nations, a number that only counts people transferred to hospitals from frontline clinics.
-
Rather than a specialized weapon, the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) could soon be issued to all frontline grunts.
-
Redman and Miles often provide accompaniment for Blade and Colley, erasing the distinction between frontline horns and supporting rhythm section.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'frontline'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of frontline
1915
Learn More about frontline
-
See words that rhyme with frontline Thesaurus: All synonyms and antonyms for frontline Britannica English: Translation of frontline for Arabic speakers
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up frontline? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!