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(intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. / (transitive) To face, be opposite to. / (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

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/fɹʌnt/

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(intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction. / (transitive) To face, be opposite to. / (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）ある方向を向く、向きを定める。 / （他動詞）～に面する、～に向かって立つ、正面を向く。 / （他動詞）～に直面する、対峙する、立ち向かう。

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Several small cafés front the riverside promenade, spilling music and conversation into the evening air.

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数軒の小さなカフェが川沿いの遊歩道に面しており、音楽や会話が夕方の空気にあふれている。

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(intransitive, dated) To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

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(transitive) To face, be opposite to.

After saluting her, he led her to a couch that fronted us, where they both sat down, and the young Genoese helped her to a glass of wine, with some Naples biscuit on a salver.

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(transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

Know you not Gaueston hath store of golde,

Which may in Ireland purchase him such friends,

As he will front the mightiest of vs all,

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(transitive) To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.

Three tiers of balconies fronted with roped columns supporting arched openings looked down on the marble hall.

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(phonetics, transitive, intransitive) To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

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(linguistics, transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).

[…] in the clause, only the adjective may be fronted; but if both a past participle and a verbal particle are present, either may be fronted. Topicalization, in which maximal projections are fronted to express pragmatics such as contrast, emphasis, ...

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(intransitive, slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

Everybody knew Skopas fronted for the fight mob even though he was officially the arena manager.

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(transitive) To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

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Fronting can be understood as a representation of who controls the system, that is, the person to whom you are speaking. Emilia was typically the person fronting her system.

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(transitive, colloquial) To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

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(intransitive, slang) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

So when I tell people where I'm from and check their reactions, I know in my heart I'm just frontin’. Because the way and where I lived then pales when compared to the way and where many youths are living today.

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