fronts

Noun

front (countable and uncountable, plural fronts)

1. The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
2. The side of a building with the main entrance.
   • I'll go out the front, and you go out the back.
3. A field of activity.
   • Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.2012 January, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 60
4. A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
   • Near-synonyms: frontperson, frontman, front man

   Synonyms:

   frontperson, frontman, front man

5. The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
   • We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.
6. An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.

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