ˌəp-ˈfrənt 
ˈəp-ˌfrənt
: being or coming in or at the front: such as
a(1)
: frank, forthright
(2)
: being in a conspicuous or leading position
b
: paid or payable in advance
c
: playing in a front line (as in football)
Synonyms
Examples of up-front in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 3 Apr. 2024
Geothermal energy is cost-effective over the long-term, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, but carries significant up-front costs to build the system.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
But hearing the character of their voices up-front is still bound to come as a revelation — maybe even to themselves, from the sound of it — after a couple of decades of complementarity.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
The statement, instead, conflated the $350 million that the team has asked to provide up-front to build the $1 billion ballpark with the amount of money the tax would collect to the benefit of the team over those four decades.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Railroads and other heavy industries required significant up-front capital—more than could be provided by small groups, even when the groups were very wealthy.
—Chris Dixon, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2024
The company is also up-front about some of the limitations of the technology.
—John Werner, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Forming in 2019, the group immediately located its sound; a dreamy tug of nostalgia, catchy choruses, wrapped in jangly guitar and up-front harmonies that remind of peak MGMT — minus the synths.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
Director of technology Evan Jackson said that working with the startup saved him about $200,000 in up-front costs to update a system stitched together from five different vendors, including Cisco’s Meraki unit.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Everybody wants to be up front, but in the last quarter of the beach, people were spreading out blankets.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
Cold climate heat pumps will likely boost energy savings for homeowners, but will require higher up front costs, says Eric Wilson, a senior research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, and an author of the paper.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024
Manifest seems like a thoughtful combo: an old-school barbershop up front, including optional hot lather shaves, and a boutique stocked with hoodies from Marni, clogs from Needles, and a variety of expensive hair and face products.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
The wide-open cabin is meant to represent a modern interpretation of Korean hospitality and features two large and cushy captain-style seats up front.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
But as of Thursday afternoon, the county did not have signed leases with either team outlining how much up front public financing would come from Jackson County, nor how much would come from Kansas City or the state of Missouri.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
This time, the movie is notably up front about Celie’s queerness, offers more nuanced characterizations of the story’s Black men and dwells less on Celie’s abuse than on her ascendance from difficult circumstance.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
And the bike also gets all the mountain-bike specifics right, including 150 millimeters of rear travel and 160 millimeters up front, which absorbs all the bumps and rough terrain to deliver a smooth, intuitive ride.
—Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
Adjective
Doing this also gives them the ability to tell you up-front if something necessitates a separate follow-up.
—Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 3 Apr. 2024
Geothermal energy is cost-effective over the long-term, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, but carries significant up-front costs to build the system.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
But hearing the character of their voices up-front is still bound to come as a revelation — maybe even to themselves, from the sound of it — after a couple of decades of complementarity.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
The statement, instead, conflated the $350 million that the team has asked to provide up-front to build the $1 billion ballpark with the amount of money the tax would collect to the benefit of the team over those four decades.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Railroads and other heavy industries required significant up-front capital—more than could be provided by small groups, even when the groups were very wealthy.
—Chris Dixon, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2024
The company is also up-front about some of the limitations of the technology.
—John Werner, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
Forming in 2019, the group immediately located its sound; a dreamy tug of nostalgia, catchy choruses, wrapped in jangly guitar and up-front harmonies that remind of peak MGMT — minus the synths.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2024
Director of technology Evan Jackson said that working with the startup saved him about $200,000 in up-front costs to update a system stitched together from five different vendors, including Cisco’s Meraki unit.
—Alex Konrad, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Adverb
Share [Findings] Online murder-for-hire advertisements seek to convey professionalism yet tend not to provide references up front.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
Everybody wants to be up front, but in the last quarter of the beach, people were spreading out blankets.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2024
Cold climate heat pumps will likely boost energy savings for homeowners, but will require higher up front costs, says Eric Wilson, a senior research engineer at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, and an author of the paper.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Feb. 2024
Manifest seems like a thoughtful combo: an old-school barbershop up front, including optional hot lather shaves, and a boutique stocked with hoodies from Marni, clogs from Needles, and a variety of expensive hair and face products.
—Fritz Hahn, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
The wide-open cabin is meant to represent a modern interpretation of Korean hospitality and features two large and cushy captain-style seats up front.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2024
But as of Thursday afternoon, the county did not have signed leases with either team outlining how much up front public financing would come from Jackson County, nor how much would come from Kansas City or the state of Missouri.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
This time, the movie is notably up front about Celie’s queerness, offers more nuanced characterizations of the story’s Black men and dwells less on Celie’s abuse than on her ascendance from difficult circumstance.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2024
And the bike also gets all the mountain-bike specifics right, including 150 millimeters of rear travel and 160 millimeters up front, which absorbs all the bumps and rough terrain to deliver a smooth, intuitive ride.
—Nathan Borchelt, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024
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