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front-loaded

front-loaded is the simple past and past participle of front-load.

Meaning of front-load

Verb

front-load (third-person singular simple present front-loads, present participle front-loading, simple past and past participle front-loaded)

  1. (transitive) To assign to the initial periods; to schedule for as early as possible.
    • We front-loaded the fees on the project.

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Adjective

front-loaded (comparative more front-loaded, superlative most front-loaded)

  1. Loaded at the start with fees; especially of certain mutual funds and other securities.

Forms of front-loaded

Verb
alternative formfrontloaded
Adjective
comparativemore front-loaded
superlativemost front-loaded

Questions about front-loaded

What does front-loaded mean?
Front-loaded means loaded at the start with fees; especially of certain mutual funds and other securities.
What is front-loaded the simple past and past participle of?
Front-loaded is the simple past and past participle of front-load.
What part of speech is front-loaded?
Front-loaded is an adjective.

Words near front-loaded in the dictionary

  1. front-ends
  2. front-foot
  3. front-footed
  4. front-line
  5. front-load
  6. front-loaded
  7. front-loading
  8. front-loads
  9. front-matter
  10. front-of-house
  11. front-of-house curtain

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Adapted from Wiktionary: front-loaded (page history and authors); front-load (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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