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How to pronounce front
Say it like this: /fɹʌnt/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does front mean?
nounThe foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
“I'll go out the front, and you go out the back.”
A field of activity.
adjLocated at or near the front.
“The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.”
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).
“The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.”
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
“Contracts are available for every month in the front year but do not extend over a year.”
verbTo face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.
“The palazzo has always fronted on a bus stop—but this putative man of the people has kindly put an end to that public service.”
To face, be opposite to.
“She sat on a seat under the alders in the cricket ground, and fronted the evening.”
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
“What well-appointed leader fronts us here?”
intjUsed to summon a worker on duty, such as a bellhop.
“Harshaw yelled “Front!” again and Miriam started toward him.”
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