Meaning

3 senses
  1. Located at or near the front.

    The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.

    vorderer, Vorder-

    пере́днийperédnij

    пере́днійperédnij, чі́льнийčílʹnyj

    relating to or located in the front

  2. (comparable)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).

    The English word dress has a front vowel in most dialects.

    vorderer, Vorderzungen-

    пере́днийperédnij

  3. 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).

Examples

3142 sentences
  1. Someone is at the front door.

    Хтось перед дверима. — mutternoise

    ruКто-то стоит у входной двери. — corvard

    deEs steht einer an der Haustür. — raggione

  2. He sat in front of me.

    Він сів напроти мене. — shanghainese

    ruОн сел передо мной. — marafon

    deEr saß vor mir. — Yorwba

  3. Tom sat in front of Mary.

    Том сидів перед Мері. — deniko

    ruТом сел напротив Мэри. — astyng

    deTom saß vor Maria. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Let's meet in front of the theater.

    Давайте зустрінемося перед театром. — zaytsev126

    ruДавайте встретимся у театра. — sharptoothed

    deTreffen wir uns vor dem Theater. — pne

  5. We met in front of the school.

    Ми зустрілися перед школою. — deniko

    ruМы встретились перед школой. — sharptoothed

    deWir haben uns vor der Schule getroffen. — human600

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
located at or near the front:
Русский
By meaning 1
located at or near the front:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
located at or near the front:
phonetics: pronounced toward the front of the mouth:

Origin

From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns,

From Middle English front, frunt, frount, from Old French front, frunt, from Latin frōns, frontem (“forehead”). Doublet of frons.

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Forms

further front/farther front, furthest front/farthest front

Synonyms

5 synonyms
located near the front:firstA1leadB1fore

Antonyms

3 antonyms
located near the front:lastA2rearB2

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • in front of
  • front of the
  • the front door
  • in the front
  • front door
  • parked in front
  • standing in front
  • front of my
  • front of his
  • at the front
  • the front porch
  • the front row

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
front — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto