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Front Fronted Part Faces Fronting Puts Kind Pretend

query
If someone puts on a particular kind of f____, they pretend to have a particular quality.If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality.
Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home.
His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness.
word front
full-definition
noun
The front of something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use.
One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk.
Stand at the front of the line.
Her cotton dress had ripped down the front.
The front of a building is the side or part of it that faces the street.
Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda.
A person's or animal's front is the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their back.
If you lie your baby on his front, he'll lift his head and chest up.
The front is a road next to the sea in a seaside town.
...a stroll on the front.
Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front.
In a war, the front is a line where two opposing armies are facing each other.
Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.
If you say that something is happening on a particular front, you mean that it is happening with regard to a particular situation or field of activity.
...research across a wide academic front.
We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.
If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality.
Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home.
His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness.
An organization or activity that is a front for one that is illegal or secret is used to hide it.
...a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates.
He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.
In relation to the weather, a front is a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.
The snow signaled the arrival of a front, and a high-pressure area seemed to be settling in.
A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday.
adjective
Front is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front.
I went out there on the front porch.
She was only six and still missing her front teeth.
Children may be tempted to climb into the front seat while the car is in motion.
The front page of a newspaper is the outside of the first page, where the main news stories are printed.
The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers.
The story made the front page of most of the newspapers.
other
noun, in names
Front is often used in the titles of political organizations with a particular aim .
...the People's Liberation Front.
verb
A building or an area of land that fronts a particular place or fronts onto it is next to it and faces it.
...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center.
There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement.
...quaint cottages fronted by lawns and flowerbeds.
The person who fronts an organization is the most senior person in it.
He fronted a formidable band of fighters.
The public relations operation has been fronted by Mr Hayward.
The person who fronts a pop group or rock band is the main singer.
She didn't want to be seen as a token woman fronting a band.
Queen were three great musicians fronted by a showman of genius.
inflections frontsfrontingfronted
cefr-level A1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1

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