adj
Meaning 1
Located at or near the front.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
front
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /fɹʌnt/
-
North Carolina Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
Australian, New-Zealand: /fɹɐnt/
-
Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
Northern-England: /fɹʊnt/
-
rhymes with -ʌnt
-
CMU ARPABET: F R AH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
Examples
- The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calendar month or year after the current one).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prompt
Antonyms: back
intj
Meaning 4
Used to summon a worker on duty, such as a bellhop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The side of a building with the main entrance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A field of activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonyms: frontperson, frontman, front man
- Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's a front for the mafia.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: frontperson, frontman, front man
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
Examples
- We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
The direction of the enemy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
Cheek; boldness; impudence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
A woman's breast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, euphemistic, in-plural, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal, uncountable
Examples
- He says he likes hip-hop, but I think it's just a front.
- You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
The most conspicuous part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
The beginning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 21
A seafront or coastal promenade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 22
The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 23
The bellhop whose turn it is to answer a client's call, which is often the word "front" used as an exclamation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: hotels
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 24
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 25
To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 26
To face, be opposite to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 27
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 28
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 29
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 30
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 31
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 32
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 33
Of an alter in a person with multiplicity (especially in dissociative identity disorder): to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the person's body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Qualifier: multiplicity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 34
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 35
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: put on airs, feign
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 36
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 37
To appear before.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- to front court
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 38
To act cocky, disrespectful and aggressive; to confront (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, slang, transitive
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 39
the side that is seen or that goes first
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: rear
Broader terms: side
Narrower terms: bow, fore, prow, stem, facade, frontage, frontal, face, frontispiece, nose, nose cone, ogive, shirtfront, shopfront, storefront
noun
Meaning 40
the outward appearance of a person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he put up a bold front
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appearance
noun
Meaning 41
a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was a charter member of the movement
- politicians have to respect a mass movement
- he led the national liberation front
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: movement, social movement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social group
Narrower terms: Free French, Fighting French, artistic movement, art movement, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights movement, common front, cultural movement, ecumenism, oecumenism, falun gong, political movement, reform movement, religious movement, Zionism, Zionist movement
noun
Meaning 42
the side that is forward or prominent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: front end, forepart
Antonyms: rear
Broader terms: side, face
Narrower terms: forefront, head
noun
Meaning 43
the line along which opposing armies face each other
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: battlefront, front line
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: line
noun
Meaning 44
the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he walked to the front of the stage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: back
Broader terms: position, place
noun
Meaning 45
the immediate proximity of someone or something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she blushed in his presence
- he sensed the presence of danger
- he was well behaved in front of company
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: proximity
noun
Meaning 46
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: front man, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
noun
Meaning 47
(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atmospheric phenomenon
Narrower terms: warm front, cold front, polar front, occluded front, occlusion
noun
Meaning 48
a sphere of activity involving effort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front
- they advertise on many different fronts
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
verb
Meaning 49
confront bodily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- breast the storm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confront, face
verb
Meaning 50
be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The house looks north
- My backyard look onto the pond
- The building faces the park
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: look, face
Antonyms: back
Broader terms: lie
Narrower terms: confront
History
Etymology
From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.
Across languages
Translations
310 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Southern Altai: алдыҥы (aldïŋï) — located at or near the front
- Arabic: أَمَامِيّ (ʔamāmiyy) — located at or near the front
- Belarusian: пярэ́дні (pjarédni) — located at or near the front
- Bulgarian: пре́ден (préden) — located at or near the front
- Chinese Mandarin: 前面的 (qiánmiàn de) — located at or near the front
- Czech: přední — located at or near the front
- Dutch: voor- — located at or near the front
- Esperanto: antaŭa — located at or near the front
- Even: дьулэг (ʒuləg) — located at or near the front
- Evenki: дюлэгу (ʒuləgu) — located at or near the front
- Finnish: etummainen — located at or near the front
- French: antérieur — located at or near the front
- German: vorderer — located at or near the front
- German: Vorder- — located at or near the front
- Greek: εμπρόσθιος (emprósthios) — located at or near the front
- Greek: μπροστινός (brostinós) — located at or near the front
- Ancient Greek: πρόσθιος (prósthios) — located at or near the front
- Hungarian: elöl lévő — located at or near the front
- Hungarian: elülső — located at or near the front
- Hungarian: első — located at or near the front
- Ingrian: etimäin — located at or near the front
- Japanese: 前面の (zenmen no) — located at or near the front
- Korean: 앞의 (apui) — located at or near the front
- Latin: antīcus — located at or near the front
- Macedonian: преден (preden) — located at or near the front
- Māori: mua — located at or near the front
- Nanai: дюлуй (ʒuluj) — located at or near the front
- Polish: przedni — located at or near the front
- Portuguese: frontal — located at or near the front
- Russian: пере́дний (perédnij) — located at or near the front
- Sanskrit: अग्र (agra) — located at or near the front
- Serbo-Croatian: пре̏дњӣ — located at or near the front
- Serbo-Croatian: prȅdnjī — located at or near the front
- Slovak: predný — located at or near the front
- Slovene: prednji — located at or near the front
- Slovene: sprednji — located at or near the front
- Tok Pisin: fran — located at or near the front
- Ukrainian: пере́дній (perédnij) — located at or near the front
- Ukrainian: чі́льний (čílʹnyj) — located at or near the front
- Vilamovian: fieder — located at or near the front
- Finnish: etu- — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- Finnish: etinen — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- German: vorderer — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- German: Vorderzungen- — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- Hungarian: elülső — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- Hungarian: elöl képzett — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- Hungarian: magas hangrendű — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- Russian: пере́дний (perédnij) — phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth
- Southern Altai: алд (ald) — facing side
- Southern Altai: алдыҥы (aldïŋï) — facing side
- Arabic: أَمَام (ʔamām) — facing side
- Arabic: قدام (ʔudām) — facing side
- Arabic: ڭدّام (gəddæm) — facing side
- Azerbaijani: qabaq — facing side
- Azerbaijani: ön — facing side
- Bashkir: ал (al) — facing side
- Central Bikol: atubangan — facing side
- Bulgarian: чело́ (čeló) — facing side
- Catalan: front — facing side
- Catalan: cara — facing side
- Chamicuro: tolo — facing side
- Chinese Mandarin: 正面 (zhèngmiàn) — facing side
- Crimean Tatar: aldı — facing side
- Czech: předek — facing side
- Danish: forside — facing side
- Danish: front — facing side
- Dutch: voorkant — facing side
- Dutch: voorzijde — facing side
- Esperanto: antaŭo — facing side
- Finnish: etupuoli — facing side
- Finnish: edusta — facing side
- Finnish: etuosa — facing side
- French: avant — facing side
- French: devant — facing side
- Galician: dianteira — facing side
- Galician: frente — facing side
- German: Frontseite — facing side
- German: Vorderseite — facing side
- Greek: πρόσοψη (prósopsi) — facing side
- Hungarian: eleje — facing side
- Icelandic: framhlið — facing side
- Indonesian: hadapan — facing side
- Ingrian: esipooli — facing side
- Ingrian: eelus — facing side
- Italian: davanti — facing side
- Italian: difronte — facing side
- Italian: avanti — facing side
- Italian: frontale — facing side
- Italian: parte anteriore — facing side
- Italian: facciata — facing side
- Japanese: 前 (mae) — facing side
- Japanese: 前側 (maegawa) — facing side
- Japanese: 手前 (temae) — facing side
- Javanese: ngarep — facing side
- Old Javanese: harĕp — facing side
- Korean: 앞 (ap) — facing side
- Latvian: priekša — facing side
- Latvian: priekšpuse — facing side
- Lithuanian: priekis — facing side
- Lithuanian: priešakys — facing side
- Malay: depan — facing side
- Malay: hadapan — facing side
- Māori: mua — facing side
- Maranao: hadap — facing side
- Nanai: дюлиэ (ʒulie) — facing side
- Norwegian Bokmål: front — facing side
- Norwegian Bokmål: forside — facing side
- Norwegian Bokmål: framside — facing side
- Norwegian Bokmål: fremside — facing side
- Norwegian Nynorsk: front — facing side
- Norwegian Nynorsk: framside — facing side
- Persian: جلو (jelo) — facing side
- Polish: przód — facing side
- Polish: front — facing side
- Portuguese: dianteira — facing side
- Portuguese: frente — facing side
- Russian: пере́дняя часть (perédnjaja častʹ) — facing side
- Russian: пе́ред (péred) — facing side
- Sanskrit: अग्र (agra) — facing side
- Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh — facing side
- Scottish Gaelic: beulaibh — facing side
- Lower Sorbian: prědk — facing side
- Spanish: frente — facing side
- Spanish: fronte — facing side
- Spanish: parte de adelante — facing side
- Spanish: parte delantera — facing side
- Spanish: parte anterior — facing side
- Spanish: principio — facing side
- Swedish: framsida — facing side
- Tausug: harapan — facing side
- Thai: ค้านหน้า — facing side
- Turkish: ön — facing side
- Udmurt: азь (aź) — facing side
- Walloon: divant — facing side
- Zulu: ubuso — facing side
- Armenian: ճակատ (čakat) — main entrance side
- Azerbaijani: fasad — main entrance side
- Azerbaijani: üz tərəf — main entrance side
- Azerbaijani: ön tərəf — main entrance side
- Azerbaijani: üz — main entrance side
- Azerbaijani: qabaq — main entrance side
- Belarusian: фаса́д (fasád) — main entrance side
- Central Bikol: atubangan — main entrance side
- Bulgarian: фаса́да (fasáda) — main entrance side
- Catalan: façana principal — main entrance side
- Chinese Mandarin: 正面 (zhèngmiàn) — main entrance side
- Czech: předek — main entrance side
- Czech: fasáda — main entrance side
- Dutch: voorkant — main entrance side
- Dutch: voorzijde — main entrance side
- Finnish: julkisivu — main entrance side
- French: façade — main entrance side
- German: Front — main entrance side
- German: Vorderseite — main entrance side
- Greek: πρόσοψη (prósopsi) — main entrance side
- Ingrian: esi — main entrance side
- Japanese: 正面 (shōmen) — main entrance side
- Japanese: 表 (omote) — main entrance side
- Korean: 정면 (jeongmyeon) — main entrance side
- Macedonian: фаса́да (fasáda) — main entrance side
- Māori: mataihi — main entrance side
- Norwegian Bokmål: front — main entrance side
- Norwegian Bokmål: fasade — main entrance side
- Portuguese: frente — main entrance side
- Russian: фаса́д (fasád) — main entrance side
- Scottish Gaelic: beulaibh — main entrance side
- Swedish: framsida — main entrance side
- Ukrainian: фаса́д (fasád) — main entrance side
- Catalan: pantalla — public face of covert organisation
- Dutch: front — public face of covert organisation
- Dutch: façade — public face of covert organisation
- Finnish: julkisivu — public face of covert organisation
- Finnish: bulvaani — public face of covert organisation
- French: façade — public face of covert organisation
- German: Frontmann — public face of covert organisation
- Greek: μέτωπο (métopo) — public face of covert organisation
- Indonesian: kedok — public face of covert organisation
- Italian: facciata — public face of covert organisation
- Japanese: フロント (furonto) — public face of covert organisation
- Polish: przykrywka — public face of covert organisation
- Portuguese: fachada — public face of covert organisation
- Russian: прикры́тие (prikrýtije) — public face of covert organisation
- Spanish: frente — public face of covert organisation
- Swedish: bulvan — public face of covert organisation
- Bashkir: фронт (front) — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Bulgarian: фронт (front) — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Catalan: front — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Chinese Mandarin: 鋒 /锋 (fēng) — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Czech: fronta — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Dutch: front — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Finnish: säärintama — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Finnish: rintama — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- French: front — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Galician: frente — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- German: Front — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- German: Wetterfront — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Greek: μέτωπο (métopo) — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Italian: fronte — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Japanese: 前線 (zensen) — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Māori: arotuki — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Māori: aro — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Norwegian Bokmål: front — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Portuguese: frente — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Russian: атмосфе́рный фронт (atmosférnyj front) — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Scottish Gaelic: aghaidh — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Spanish: frente — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Swedish: front — meteorology: interface between airmasses
- Albanian: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Arabic: جَبْهَة (jabha) — military: area or line of conflict
- Armenian: ճակատ (čakat) — military: area or line of conflict
- Armenian: ռամաճակատ (ṙamačakat) — military: area or line of conflict
- Armenian: ֆրոնտ (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Azerbaijani: cəbhə — military: area or line of conflict
- Bashkir: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Belarusian: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Bulgarian: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Catalan: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Chinese Mandarin: 前線 /前线 (qiánxiàn) — military: area or line of conflict
- Chinese Mandarin: 戰線 /战线 (zhànxiàn) — military: area or line of conflict
- Czech: fronta — military: area or line of conflict
- Danish: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Dutch: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Esperanto: fronto — military: area or line of conflict
- Estonian: rinne — military: area or line of conflict
- Finnish: rintama — military: area or line of conflict
- French: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Georgian: ფრონტი (pronṭi) — military: area or line of conflict
- German: Front — military: area or line of conflict
- German: Frontlinie — military: area or line of conflict
- Greek: μέτωπο (métopo) — military: area or line of conflict
- Hebrew: חֲזִית (khazít) — military: area or line of conflict
- Hungarian: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Italian: fronte — military: area or line of conflict
- Japanese: 前線 (zensen) — military: area or line of conflict
- Japanese: 戦線 (sensen) — military: area or line of conflict
- Kazakh: майдан (maidan) — military: area or line of conflict
- Kazakh: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Korean: 전선 (jeonseon) — military: area or line of conflict
- Korean: 전선 (jeonseon) — military: area or line of conflict
- Northern Kurdish: cepe — military: area or line of conflict
- Kyrgyz: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Kyrgyz: майдан (maydan) — military: area or line of conflict
- Latvian: fronte — military: area or line of conflict
- Lithuanian: frontas — military: area or line of conflict
- Macedonian: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Māori: pae o te riri — military: area or line of conflict
- Māori: pae o te pakanga — military: area or line of conflict
- Mongolian: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Norman: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Norwegian Bokmål: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Pashto: جبهه — military: area or line of conflict
- Persian: جبهه (jebhe) — military: area or line of conflict
- Persian: فرونت (frunt) — military: area or line of conflict
- Polish: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Portuguese: frente — military: area or line of conflict
- Portuguese: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Romanian: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Russian: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Scottish Gaelic: sreath — military: area or line of conflict
- Serbo-Croatian: фро̏нт — military: area or line of conflict
- Serbo-Croatian: фро̀нта — military: area or line of conflict
- Serbo-Croatian: frȍnt — military: area or line of conflict
- Serbo-Croatian: frònta — military: area or line of conflict
- Slovak: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Slovene: sprednji del — military: area or line of conflict
- Slovene: prednji del — military: area or line of conflict
- Spanish: frente — military: area or line of conflict
- Swedish: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Tajik: ҷабҳа (jabha) — military: area or line of conflict
- Tajik: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Tatar: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Thai: แนวหน้า (nɛɛo-nâa) — military: area or line of conflict
- Turkish: cephe — military: area or line of conflict
- Turkmen: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Ukrainian: фронт (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Uyghur: فرونت (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Uzbek: front — military: area or line of conflict
- Uzbek: jabha — military: area or line of conflict
- Vietnamese: mặt trận — military: area or line of conflict
- Yiddish: פֿראָנט (front) — military: area or line of conflict
- Armenian: ճակատ (čakat) — military: lateral space occupied from one flank of a military unit to the other flank
- Bulgarian: фронт (front) — military: lateral space occupied from one flank of a military unit to the other flank
- Finnish: rintama — military: lateral space occupied from one flank of a military unit to the other flank
- Armenian: ճակատ (čakat) — military: direction of the enemy
- Finnish: rintama — military: direction of the enemy
- German: Front — military: direction of the enemy
- Greek: μέτωπο (métopo) — military: direction of the enemy
- Armenian: ճակատ (čakat) — military: direction toward which the command is faced
- Finnish: rintama — military: direction toward which the command is faced
- Azerbaijani: cəbhə — major subdivision of Soviet army
- Belarusian: фронт (front) — major subdivision of Soviet army
- Chinese Mandarin: 方面軍 /方面军 (fāngmiàn jūn) — major subdivision of Soviet army
- Czech: front — major subdivision of Soviet army
- Finnish: rintama — major subdivision of Soviet army
- Finnish: armeijaryhmä — major subdivision of Soviet army
- Russian: фронт (front) — major subdivision of Soviet army
- Ukrainian: фронт (front) — major subdivision of Soviet army
- German: Fassade — intentional and false impression of oneself
- Spanish: fachada — intentional and false impression of oneself
- Finnish: johtaa — to lead or be the spokesperson of a group
- Finnish: edustaa — to lead or be the spokesperson of a group
- French: porte-parole — to lead or be the spokesperson of a group
- Finnish: maksaa ennakkoon — to provide money or financial assistance in advance
- Finnish: kopeilla — assume false or disingenuous appearances
- Finnish: heittäytyä koppavaksi — assume false or disingenuous appearances
- German: etwas vormachen — assume false or disingenuous appearances
- German: fingieren — assume false or disingenuous appearances
- German: etwas vorspielen — assume false or disingenuous appearances
- Spanish: aparentar — assume false or disingenuous appearances
- Spanish: fingir — assume false or disingenuous appearances
Real reading context