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Added 9 October 2026

front

/fɹʌnt/ noun

In Latin: antīcus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about front at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
I'll go out the front, and you go out the back.
A field of activity.

adjective

Located at or near the front.
The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; .

verb

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

interjection

Used to summon a worker on duty, such as a bellhop.

Origin

From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.

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