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front (adjective)
1. Situated at, on, or near the front of something, or placed farther forward than others; anterior, foremost, forward: "See the small statue on the front lawn."
2. Located at the side or end that faces forward: "Theres a big dent on the front end of the car."
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front (s), fronts (pl) (noun forms)
1. The part or surface that faces forward, that is intended to be seen first, has the main entrance, or is facing the direction of motion or the direction which people face.
2. The forward area or the area, section, or position just ahead of, close to, or at the forward part of something.
3. The facade of a building, especially the one that faces the street, or a part of it.
4. The direction straight ahead or a place or position approximately ahead of someone.
5. A leading position or a prominent or leading position in any field of activity; such as, companies that are at the front of practical and advanced auto production.
6. A manner or type of behavior adopted by someone in order to deal with a situation or to disguise the person's true feelings: "She put on a calm front despite the near collision with a big truck."
7. An apparently respectable person, organization, or business acting as a cover for some illegal or secret activities: "The clothing store was a front for money laundering."
8. A military battle zone or an area where armies are facing one another, or where fighting between armies is taking place: "We have many soldiers returning from the front in Afghanistan."
9. The width of territory occupied or defended by an army or a military unit facing an enemy or the direction in which troops are facing when formed in line.
10. In meteorology, a line along which one mass of air meets another which is different in temperature or density.
11. The part of a garment, or the clothing, which covers the chest and stomach area, etc. of the body.
12. In weather conditions, a transition zone or interface between two air masses of different densities, which usually means different temperatures; for example, the area of convergence between warm, moist air, and cool, dry air.
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front, fronts, fronting, fronted (verb forms)
1. If an area or building fronts something or fronts on or onto it, it has that thing at the front of it; so, to have a front; to face onto something else.
2. To be in front of something; such as, to be the leader or main representative of a group.
3. To provide an apparently respectable cover for a secret or for illegal activities: "They found out that he was fronting for the mafia."
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(Greek: first; foremost, front, earliest form of, original, primitive; chief, principal; usually used as a prefix)
(confusion exists about usage of "a" and "an" in front of other words)
(Latin: before, in front of, prior to, forward; used as a prefix)
(Latin: before, in front of; fore, prior, preceding; used as a prefix)
(Latin: forehead, brow, the forepart of anything; that which projects)
(Old English, Middle English: in, into; within; toward; a prefix used in front of English words, not Latin or Greek elements; as in the words, indoors and inland)
(Greek: breast; the front of the human chest and either of two soft rounded organs on each side of the chest in women and men; however, with women the organs are more prominent and produce milk after childbirth; also, a milk-producing gland in mammals that corresponds to the human breast)
(Greek > Latin: a prefix signifying before; forward, forth; for, in favor of; in front of; in place of, on behalf of; according to; as, to place before; to go before or forward, to throw forward)
(Greek: one who stands before, in front of; refers primarily to the prostate gland [so named because it "stands before" the mouth of the bladder])
(Latin: stomach, belly or a relationship to the abdomen or the front or anterior aspect of the body)
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arctic front
The semi-permanent, semi-continuous front between deeper, colder arctic air and shallower, less cold polar air of northern latitudes.
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delta front (s) (noun), delta fronts (pl)
A narrow, continuous sheet of sand that marks the zone where deposition in a delta is most active.
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front axle of a vehicle, steer axle
The most forward axle used for steering and the axle to which the front wheels are attached.
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front end
The body area of vehicles that includes the leading edge of the fenders, the headlights, the radiator grille, and bumper; that is, the full area that makes up the frontal appearance of a motor vehicle.
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front-end impact
An impact that is the result of a head-on collision or a frontal collision.
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front-end loader
An off-road vehicle that has a forked loading device in the forward area which is used to load and to unload cargo and other materials for trucks and other carriers.
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front-loader
A refuse truck which is loaded at the front and that usually has hydraulic arms which lift dumpsters over the cab dumping their contents into a bin with some kind of compacting mechanism.
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ionization front
1. In astrophysics, a region in space in which the interstellar gas, commonly hydrogen, changes from a mostly neutral state to a mostly ionized situation, because of the ultraviolet radiation from hot stars nearby.
2. A transition region that separates interstellar gas in which a given atomic species, usually hydrogen, is mostly ionized from interstellar gas in which it is essentially neutral.
pro-, a prefix used in front of a noun
In favor of or supporting something or someone; often used with a hyphen: A few examples of pro- include the following: pro-life, pro-American, pro-European, etc.
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quasi-stationary front
In meteorology, a frontal system that is stationary or nearly stationary; generally, a front that moves at a speed of less than five knots (0.26 meter per second); also, stationary front.
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stationary front
An unmoving boundary between two air masses.
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weather front
The boundary between two air masses of different temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure.

As one air mass pushes under, or over, the other, a change in the weather takes place; often high winds, storms and wind shifts.

The location and movement of such boundaries are reported on weather maps.

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front
The boundary between two air masses of varying temperature and humidity, usually warm and cold air masses.

Certain weather phenomena; such as, rain, are associated with fronts.

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(there are certain anatomic terms which present various situations; for example, a body part may be horizontal, as opposed to vertical; in front as opposed to being behind or at the back; above as opposed to being under, etc.)
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cold front
The boundary of a cold-air system, usually from the polar regions, that surges into the warmer air masses of the temperate latitudes.
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loader (s) (noun), loaders (pl) [top loader, front loader]
1. In computer science, a program which transfers data from an off-line memory to an on-line memory by means of an input or storage device: "The programmer used a loader to expand and revise the contents of the website."
2. An apparatus; such as, a machine for washing clothes that is loaded in a specified way: "The customer had a choice of buying a top loader or a front loader washing machine."
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warm front
Warm air systems; usually, from the temperate regions, that press into colder air masses.
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