English Dictionary

front

/fɹʌnt/

verb

(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.

He stood at the front of the line.

意味（1）

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

The great gate fronting to the north was about four feet high, and almost two feet wide, through which I could easily creep.

意味（2）

(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.

意味（3）

(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,

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,

意味（4）

(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.

意味（5）

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

The velar plosives are often fronted through the influence of a following front vowel, and retracted through the influence of a following back vowel.

意味（6）

(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, ...

意味（7）

(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.

意味（8）

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

Ray Winstone is fronting a campaign for the Football Association that aims to stop pushy parents shouting abuse at their children during the grassroots football season.

意味（9）

(transitive, intransitive) Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.

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.

意味（10）

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

I'm prepared to say that I fronted you the money for a business deal with me, and the investment paid off brilliantly.

意味（11）

(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.

意味（12）

(transitive, slang) To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

You think that you can front when revelation comes? / You can't front on that

意味（13）

(transitive) To appear before.

to front court