Meaning & Definition of Front in English

1. The side that is forward or prominent

2. The line along which opposing armies face each other

3. The outward appearance of a person

• "He put up a bold front"

4. The side that is seen or that goes first

5. A person used as a cover for some questionable activity

6. A sphere of activity involving effort

• "The japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"

• "They advertise on many different fronts"

7. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

8. The immediate proximity of someone or something

• "She blushed in his presence"

• "He sensed the presence of danger"

• "He was well behaved in front of company"

9. The part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer

• "He walked to the front of the stage"

10. A group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

• "He was a charter member of the movement"

• "Politicians have to respect a mass movement"

• "He led the national liberation front"

1. Be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point

• Be opposite to

• "The house looks north"

• "My backyard look onto the pond"

• "The building faces the park"

2. Confront bodily

• "Breast the storm"

1. Relating to or located in the front

• "The front lines"

• "The front porch"