The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves

• What's in front of you?

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

• We sat in the front.

  Tatoeba · CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

The side of a building with the main entrance

A field of activity

A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group

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 temperaturerare

An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contactrare

The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flankrare

The direction of the enemyrare

When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is facedrare

A major military subdivision of the Soviet Armyrare

Located at or near the front

• I locked the front door.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

• The front door was open.

  Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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)

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)rare