English Dictionary

front

/fɹʌnt/

noun

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. / The side of a building with the main entrance. / A field of activity.

The front of the house is painted blue.

意味（1）

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

意味（2）

The side of a building with the main entrance.

Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned,[…]and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights.

意味（3）

A field of activity.

Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.

意味（4）

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.

意味（5）

(meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.

意味（6）

(military) An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

意味（7）

(military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

意味（8）

(military) The direction of the enemy.

意味（9）

(military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

意味（10）

(historical) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

意味（11）

(dated) Cheek; boldness; impudence.

意味（12）

(informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.

意味（13）

(historical) That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.

like any plain Miss Smith's, who wears a front

意味（14）

The most conspicuous part.

the very head and front of my offending

意味（15）

The beginning.

summer's front

意味（16）

(UK) A seafront or coastal promenade.

意味（17）

(obsolete) The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.

Bless'd with his father's front, his mother's tongue.

意味（18）

(slang, hotels, dated) The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.

意味（19）

(slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).

I'm saying, man, them fronts? That car? Who is you, Chiron?