front

noun

1. Now Rare
   1. the forehead
   2. the face; countenance
2. 1. attitude or appearance, as of the face, indicating state of mind; external behavior when facing a problem, etc. to put on a bold front
   2. Informal an appearance, usually pretended or assumed, of social standing, wealth, etc.
3. Rare impudence; effrontery
4. the part of something that faces forward or is regarded as facing forward; most important side; forepart
5. the first part; beginning toward the front of the book
6. the place or position directly before a person or thing
7. a forward or leading position or situation
8. ☆ the first available bellhop or page, as in a hotel: generally used as a call
9. the land bordering a lake, ocean, street, etc.
10. Brit. a promenade along a body of water
11. the advanced line, or the whole area, of contact between opposing sides in warfare; combat zone
12. a specified area of activity the home front, the political front
13. a broad movement in which different groups are united for the achievement of certain common political or social aims
14. ☆ a person who serves as a public representative of a business, group, etc., usually because of his or her prestige
15. ☆ a person or group used to cover or obscure the activity or objectives of another, controlling person or group
16. a stiff shirt bosom, worn with formal clothes
17. Archit. a face of a building; esp., the face with the principal entrance
18. Meteorol. the boundary between two air masses of different density and temperature

Etymology: ME < OFr < L frons (gen. frontis), forehead, front < IE *bhren-, to project > OE brant, steep, high

adjective

1. at, to, in, on, or of the front
2. Phonet. articulated with the tongue toward the front of the mouth: said of certain vowels, as (i) in bid

transitive verb

1. to face; be opposite to
2. to be before in place
3. to meet; confront
4. to defy; oppose
5. to supply or serve as a front, or facing, of
6. to be the leader or best-known member of (a musical band)

intransitive verb

1. to face in a certain direction a castle fronting on the sea
2. ☆ to act as a front (senses & ): with for