front
verb/frʌnt/
/frʌnt/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they front | /frʌnt/ /frʌnt/ |
| he / she / it fronts | /frʌnts/ /frʌnts/ |
| past simple fronted | /ˈfrʌntɪd/ /ˈfrʌntɪd/ |
| past participle fronted | /ˈfrʌntɪd/ /ˈfrʌntɪd/ |
| -ing form fronting | /ˈfrʌntɪŋ/ /ˈfrʌntɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to face something or be in front of something; to have the front pointing towards something
- front something The cathedral fronts the city's main square.
- front onto something The line of houses fronted straight onto the road.
- -frontedhaving the front made of or covered with something
- a glass-fronted bookcase
- [transitive] front something to lead or represent an organization, a group, etc.
- He fronts a multinational company.
- A former art student fronted the band (= was the main singer).
- The band is fronted by former art student, Jim Oliver.
- [transitive] front something (especially British English) to present a television programme, a show, etc.
- The former footballer will front a new television sports quiz.
- [transitive] front something (linguistics) to give more importance to a part of a sentence by placing it at or near the beginning of the sentence, as in ‘That I would like to see.’
face something
-fronted
lead group
present TV programme
grammar
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the forehead): from Old French front (noun), fronter (verb), from Latin frons, front- ‘forehead, front’.
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