front
/fɹʌnt/ adjective A1- Located 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 current one).
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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As I looked at the deep-set windows and the long sweep of the dull-coloured, water-lapped front, I felt that no more fitting scene could be set for such a tragedy.
It was a good-sized hammer which had been lying on the rug in front of the fireplace—a substantial, workmanlike hammer.
Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers.
“You sat in front of his writing desk?”
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