front : Idioms & Phrases

• (Mil.), a curtain connerting two half bastions.

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• noun a kind of bush shrike
  Chlorophoneus nigrifrons.
  

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• noun the front of an advancing mass of colder air
  cold front.
  

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• noun a movement in which several individuals or groups with different interests join together
  
  • the unions presented a common front at the bargaining table

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• . (Zoöl.) See Burion.

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• noun a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change
  DFLP; Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine; PDFLP.
  
  • in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren

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• noun an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth
  fly.
  

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• noun any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers
  

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• noun top priority
  
  • the work was moved to the front burner in order to meet deadlines

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• noun a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
  Australian crawl; crawl.
  

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• noun exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building
  front door.
  

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• the door in the front wall of a building, usually the principal entrance.

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• noun the side that is forward or prominent
  front; forepart.
  

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• noun exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building
  front door.
  

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• noun the line along which opposing armies face each other
  front; battlefront.
  

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• noun a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
  figurehead; straw man; nominal head; front; strawman.
  

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• noun written matter preceding the main text of a book
  prelims.
  

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• the works constructed upon any one side of a polygon. Farrow.

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• all that part of the field of operations in front of the successive positions occupied by the army as it moves forward. Farrow.

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• noun a porch for the front door
  

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• noun a projector for digital input
  

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• noun a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
  living-room; living room; parlour; parlor; sitting room.
  

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• noun a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
  anterior.
  
  • his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors

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• noun the yard in front of a house; between the house and the street
  

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• noun a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
  front-porch campaign.
  
  • William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896
  • her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign

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• noun a campaign in which the candidate makes speeches but does not travel
  front-porch campaign.
  
  • William McKinley's dignified front-porch campaign won him the presidency in 1896
  • her approach was the opposite of a passive front-porch campaign

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• noun a competitor thought likely to win
  favourite; favorite.
  

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• noun medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head
  chamfron; testiere; chanfron; frontstall.
  

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• noun the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war
  

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• adverb at or in the front
  ahead; before.
  
  • I see the lights of a town ahead
  • the road ahead is foggy
  • staring straight ahead
  • we couldn't see over the heads of the people in front
  • with the cross of Jesus marching on before

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• noun a terrorist group organized by Osama bin Laden in 1998 that provided an umbrella organization for al-Qaeda and other militant groups in Egypt and Algeria and Pakistan and Bangladesh
  

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• noun a Turkish terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for bombing a British consulate and bank in Istanbul; a violent opponent of Turkey's secular government and its ties to the European Union and NATO
  IBDA-C.
  

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• noun a terrorist group formed in 1983 as the armed wing of the Chilean Communist Party
  

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• noun a terrorist group of radical leftists formed in the late 1980s; seeks to prevent the United States from intervening in Honduran economic and political affairs
  

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• noun a terrorist group in the southern Philippines formed in 1977 to establish an independent Islamic state for the Moros; have clashed with troops at United States bases
  

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• noun a terrorist group formed in 1976 to work for Corsican independence; attacks on Corsica are aimed at sabotaging public infrastructure and symbols of colonialism
  FLNC.
  

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• noun (meteorology) a composite front when colder air surrounds a mass of warm air and forces it aloft
  occlusion.
  

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• (Metal.), a blast furnace having a forehearth.

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• adverb leading or ahead in a competition
  ahead; in the lead.
  
  • the horse was three lengths ahead going into the home stretch
  • ahead by two pawns
  • our candidate is in the lead in the polls
  • way out front in the race
  • the advertising campaign put them out front in sales

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• noun a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border
  Jabat al-Tahrir al-Filistiniyyah; PLF.
  

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• noun the front of an advancing mass of colder air
  cold front.
  

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• noun a Marxist-Leninist group that believes Palestinian goals can only be achieved by revolutionary change
  DFLP; Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine; PDFLP.
  
  • in 1974 the DFLP took over a schoolhouse and massacred Israeli schoolchildren

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• noun a leftist coalition organized against a common opponent
  

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• noun a terrorist group of limited popularity formed in 1967 after the Six-Day War; combined Marxist-Leninist ideology with Palestinian nationalism; used terrorism to gain attention for their cause; hoped to eliminate the state of Israel
  PFLP.
  

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• noun a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization that conducted several attacks in western Europe
  PFLP-GC.
  

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• noun a terrorist group of radical Palestinians who split with al-Fatah in 1967 but now have close relations with al-Fatah; staged terrorist attacks against Israel across the Lebanese border
  PSF.
  

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• (Mil.), the rear rank of a body of troops when faced about and standing in that position.

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• noun an extreme Marxist terrorist organization in Turkey that is opposed to NATO and the United States; attacks Turkish security and military officials
  Revolutionary People's Liberation Party.
  

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• noun a terrorist group formed in the 1980s in Sierra Leone; seeks to overthrow the government and gain control of the diamond producing regions; responsible for attacks on civilians and children, widespread torture and murder and using children to commit atrocities; sponsored by the president of Liberia
  RUF.
  

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• to attain prominence or leadership.

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• noun a multiethnic alliance in Afghanistan who practice a moderate form of Islam and are united in their opposition to the Taliban
  Northern Alliance.
  

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• noun the front of an advancing mass of warmer air
  

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• noun all the points just reached by a wave as it propagates
  
• noun (physics) an imaginary surface joining all points in space that are reached at the same instant by a wave propagating through a medium
  wavefront.
  

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• (Physics), the surface of initial displacement of the particles in a medium, as a wave of vibration advances.

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White`-front"ed adjective

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1. Having a white front; as, the white-fronted lemur.

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• (Zoöl.), the white brant, or snow goose. See Snow goose, under Snow.

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