FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.

n The side of a building with the main entrance.

n A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.

n (context|meteorology) The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.

n (context|military) An area where army|armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

n (context|military) The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.

n (context|military) The direction of the enemy.

n (context|military) When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.

n (obsolete) A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.

n (informal) An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.

n (UK) a seafront or coastal promenade.

a Located at or near the front.

a (comparable) (phonetics) Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue.

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

v (transitive) To face, be opposite to.

v (transitive) To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

v (transitive) To adorn the front of; to have on the front.

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

v (linguistics|transitive) To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

v (intransitive|slang) To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

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

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

v (intransitive) To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

v to appear before, as in to front court.