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adjective

Definition of frontnext
as in frontal
being at or in the part of something opposite the back part visitors use the front door, but family knows to go around to the side entrance

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front

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noun

ˈfrənt How to pronounce front (audio)
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as in facade
a forward part or surface the front of the church features a magnificent stained-glass window

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as in show
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive that smile is just a front—I don't think she actually likes me at all

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as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence are we making any progress on the marketing front?

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front

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verb

as in to face
to stand or sit with the face or front toward the apartment complex fronts the ocean

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Recent Examples of front
Adjective
Investigators quickly concluded she’d been abducted from her home near Tucson, Arizona, and doorbell camera images showed an armed, masked person outside her front door. — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Avalon recreated both images for the front and back cover of Pink Pocket Pistol — with one key difference. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2026
Noun
The Rams’ defensive front features Young, Turner, and linemen Braden Fiske and Poona Ford, among others. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2026 The pack again toyed with multiple breakaways, with Lidl-Trek’s Reijanne Markus putting in a remarkable effort to ride solo off the front in the final 40km only to be caught 500m from the finish line. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
Glen Hansard, the Irish singer-songwriter best known for fronting the Frames and the Swell Season as well as co-starring in the 2007 musical drama Once, has died, according to his management. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 29 July 2026 Life in the 2020s is about putting performance above purity, optics over essence, fronting ahead of vulnerability. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for front
Recent Examples of Synonyms for front
  1. frontal
  2. facade
  3. show
  4. area
  5. face
  6. anterior
  7. guise
  8. element
Adjective
  • Brain MRIs also found an increase in the surface area of the inferior frontal gyrus in the MIND diet group.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
  • Syrskyi’s way of war – large frontal assaults that were costly, if not the only real way to reclaim land – had begun to look dated.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
Definition of frontal
Noun
  • But now, the facade was about to collapse, leaving his community grappling with the fallout.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Its textured facade will support soil, water, plants, and wildlife, extending the existing riverside park vertically, while multiple windows and external staircases are integrated into the rock-like forms.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of facade
Noun
  • The ability to walk from your bed to the sand and stare at the sea is the star of the show here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • The eatery was even named the best restaurant in North Carolina featured on the show by Tasting Table earlier this year.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
Definition of show
Noun
  • With five stations within walking distance of Mercedes-Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena and the surrounding area, visiting World Cup fans told Turnbull the service was cheap, convenient and better than other cities.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Lush green grass isn’t possible in all areas of your yard, which is why groundcovers come in handy to fill in those empty spaces.
    — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of area
Verb
  • What’s different this time is getting to the Diner, as both Santa Monica Blvd (which the Diner faces) and Sunset Blvd are seeing extended road work – some of it due to a water main that burst on July 16.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Two Boston city councilors are pushing for a change in city law that would require Mayor Michelle Wu to report street projects annually as Wu faces criticism for stalling road work before a city employee was killed by a truck.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of face
Adjective
  • If the state does find trauma to the anterior neck, that could be from blunt force injuries including strangulation, Von Crowns said.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Si eres nuevo en las Lecciones Bíblicas semanales del Cuaderno Trimestral de la Ciencia Cristiana, puedes ver aquí una muestra gratuita de una lección bíblica de la semana anterior.
    — Kit Cornell Kurtz, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
Definition of anterior
Noun
  • Somewhere between a sandal and a ballet flat, caged silhouettes come in all manner of guises.
    — Sarah Leigh Bannerman, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2026
  • Everything from the division of the Peaches and the Plums to Shamea’s tagline this season is a secret cry from Shamea to Porsha, begging for attention under the guise of her own emancipation.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Definition of guise
Noun
  • The introduction of liquid glass has led to larger, more graphical elements that have taken over in terms of clarity and ease of use.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • To explain its results, RealorRender identifies the suspicious regions of images as heatmaps (grids of colored squares indicating intensity, as with topographical maps) and segments of contiguous image elements.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of element

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