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upfronting

upfronting is the present participle and gerund of upfront.

Meaning of upfront

Verb

upfront (third-person singular simple present upfronts, present participle upfronting, simple past and past participle upfronted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To bring to the fore; to place up front for consideration.
    • What our analysis has, hopefully, upfronted is the importance to resuscitate the suppressed and silenced voices so as to show the powerful mechanisms of institutional "cases".1997, Christopher Hall et al., “Silent and silenced voices”, in Adam Jaworski, editor, Silence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, →ISBN, page 204

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Questions about upfronting

What is upfronting the present participle and gerund of?
Upfronting is the present participle and gerund of upfront.

Words near upfronting in the dictionary

  1. upfolds
  2. upforce
  3. upforces
  4. upfront
  5. upfronted
  6. upfronting
  7. upfrontness
  8. upfronts
  9. UPFs
  10. upfuckery
  11. upful

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