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Noun

  1. the side or end of something that faces the direction it normally moves
  2. the side of a building with the building's main entrance
  3. an area where armies are engaged in conflict
  4. (Meteorology) an area where masses of warm and cold air meet, often resulting in precipitation
  5. a person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group
  6. a major military subdivision of the Soviet Army

Antonyms

Translations

  • Catalan: front m (3,4)
  • Dutch: voorkant , frontzijde
  • German: Front f (1, 2), Vorderseite f (2), Wetterseite f (4)
  • Ido: avano
  • Portuguese: frente f (1, 2, 3, 4), dianteira f (1)
  • Spanish: frente m (3,4)
  • Swedish: framsida (1,2), fram (1), front (3,4,5) målvakt (5 - if acting as the face towards the authorities, while the covert group is looting a company)

Adjective

front

Antonyms

Verb

to front (fronted , fronted)

  1. to lead or be the spokesperson of a group.

French

Noun

front m (fronts )

  1. forehead

German

Noun

Front f (plural Fronten )

  1. the front end or side of something.

Swedish

Noun

front c (pl fronter , def sing fronten , def pl fronterna )

  1. The front end or side of something.
  2. The area were two armies are fighting each other.
    På västfronten intet nytt (All Quiet on the Western Front, book by Erich Maria Remarque about the first world war)



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