Определение front в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- Located at or near the front
The front runner was thirty meters ahead of her nearest competitor.
- To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.)
Ray Winstone is fronting a campaign for the Football Association that aims to stop pushy parents shouting abuse at their children during the grassroots football season.
- Of a vowel pronounced near the tip of the tongue
- The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves
- To pronounce with the tongue in a front position
The velar plosives are often fronted through the influence of a following front vowel, and retracted through the influence of a following back vowel.
- The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank
- When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced
- A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group
Officially it's a dry-cleaning shop, but everyone knows it's front for the mafia.
- To assume false or disingenuous appearances
You know damned straight what this is about, or you ain't as smart as you been frontin'.
- to appear before, as in to front court
- To face, be opposite to
She sat on a seat under the alders in the cricket ground, and fronted the evening.
- To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront
What well-appointed leader fronts us here?.
- To adorn the front of; to have on the front
Three tiers of balconies fronted with roped columns supporting arched openings looked down on the marble hall.
- To provide money or financial assistance in advance to
I'm prepared to say that I fronted you the money for a business deal with me, and the investment paid off brilliantly.
- The side of a building with the main entrance
- To face (on, to), be pointed in a given direction
The palazzo has always fronted on a bus stop – but this putative man of the people has kindly put an end to that public service.
- To act as a front (for); to cover (for)
Everybody knew Skopas fronted for the fight mob even though he was officially the arena manager.
- 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 temperature
- To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence
- An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself
You don't need to put on a front. Just be yourself.
- A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army
- The direction of the enemy
- An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact
- {v} to put in front, stand opposit to, oppose
- The most conspicuous part
- the line along which opposing armies face each other
- To provide money or financial assistance in advance
- A transition zone between two differing air masses Basic types are cold front, warm front, and stationary front Thunderstorms can form in association with any of these fronts, although fronts are not necessary for thunderstorm development
- That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women
- See Guide to Pronunciation, §10
- 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. back
- 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. We're moving forward on a variety of fronts
- The front is a road next to the sea in a seaside town. Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front. = promenade
- 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
- boundary that defines two separate air masses; where two different air masses collide, sometimes resulting in severe weather changes
- a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- 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. back
- 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. = face
- {f} face toward; confront; be against or in opposition to; apply a front to
- The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. Fronts receive their names from the movement of the air masses involved
- used as an exclamation
- All the works along one side of the polygon inclosing the site which is fortified
- If someone or something is in front of a particular thing, they are facing it, ahead of it, or close to the front part of it. She sat down in front of her dressing-table mirror to look at herself Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it A police car was parked in front of the house
- confront bodily; "breast the storm"
- the side that is forward or prominent the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer; "he walked to the front of the stage"
- That part of a property line dividing a lot from a road On a corner lot, only one property line shall be considered as a front line The shorter property line shall be considered the front unless the property owner chooses another property line dividing the lot from a road
- A boundary between two different air masses The difference between two air masses sometimes is unnoticeable But when the colliding air masses have very different temperatures and amounts of water in them, turbulent weather can erupt
- Return to the front page of this project This project was established under the supervision of Johanna Smith, an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Texas at Arlington It was established as partial fulfillment of the requirements for Marxisms, a course offered under the rubric of UTA's Graduate Humanities Program Site Established: 7 November 1996 Last Updated: 18 November 1996 Initial site design and maintenance: Collin Brooke Contact: Johanna Smith or Collin Brooke
- 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
- (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses a sphere of activity involving effort; "the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"; "they advertise on many different fronts"
- The forehead, countenance, or personal presence, as expressive of character or temper, and especially, of boldness of disposition, sometimes of impudence; seeming; as, a bold front; a hardened front
- the immediate proximity of someone or something; "she blushed in his presence"; "he sensed the presence of danger"; "he was well behaved in front of company"
- 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. back
- To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a hostile manner
- In meteorology, the boundary between two air masses of different density A cold front represents the leading edge of colder air replacing warmer air; the reverse of this is a warm front
- the boundary between two air masses of different temperature and humidity Frontal Rainfall the rainfall associated with the meeting of air masses at fronts
- The boundary between two air masses of different temperature and density
- located anteriorly
- The person who fronts an organization is the most senior person in it. He fronted a formidable band of fighters The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992. = head
- Of or relating to the front or forward part; having a position in front; foremost; as, a front view
- The beginning
- (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
- the side that is seen or that goes first
- the side that is forward or prominent
- the side that is seen or that goes first the outward appearance of a person; "he put up a bold front"
- 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 = cover
- To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a house with marble; to front a head with laurel
- The forehead or brow, the part of the face above the eyes; sometimes, also, the whole face
- The interface between air masses of different temperatures or densities
- 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 violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers. see also front-page
- front and center
- At the center of attention
- front and center
- A command to come to the center of attention of an assemblage, as of military personnel or students
- front bench
- In the House of Commons, either of two benches nearest the floor of the chamber, one occupied by the members of the Cabinet and the other by the Shadow Cabinet
- front bench
- Those Members of Parliament occupying the front benches
- front bottom
- the female genitalia
- front bottoms
- plural form of front bottom
- front crawl
- A style of swimming where the swimmer is face-down in the water and moves the arms in alternating overhead strokes
- front door
- The normal portal page to a website
- front door
- The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate
His front door slider is hard to handle.
- front door
- The main entrance to a building or house, normally fronts onto a street
- front doors
- plural form of front door
- front double biceps
- A standard pose in which both sets of biceps and the abdominals are flexed, while one is facing the judges
- front end
- that part of a hardware or software system that is closest to the user
- front ends
- plural form of front end
- front foot
- The batsman's foot farthest from his wicket
- front foot shot
- A shot played by the batsman with most of his weight on the front foot
- front group
- a front organization that appears to be an independent voluntary association or charitable organization
- front groups
- plural form of front group
- front line
- A low level
- front line
- A front, or a boundary between opposing positions
- front line
- A site of a conflict, effort, or controversial matter of any kind
- front line
- The site of interaction with outsiders, such as customers
- front line
- attack, collectively the attackers or forwards
- front lines
- plural form of front line
- front loader
- An automatic washing machine in which the laundry is placed and retrieved through a (normally transparent) door in the front
- front man
- The lead singer in a musical group
Pete Doherty is the front man of the Libertines.
- front man
- striker, attacker, forward
- front matter
- Within a book, all content preceding the main text or work itself
- front men
- plural form of front man
- front name
- A person's given name
Because, yesterday everybody said ‘Dr. Lavendar.’ I didn’t think Doctor could be your front name. All the other people had front names.”.
- front names
- plural form of front name
- front of house
- The part of a restaurant, theatre, etc. presented to the public
- front of the house
- The portion of the house closer to the hog line
- front organization
- An organization which secretly acts as the public face of a covert group
- front organizations
- plural form of front organization
- front page
- So important as to warrant being put on the front page of newspapers
Amazing! This new revelation is front page material!.
- front page
- Which appears on the front page of a publication
The new legislation was front page news.
- front page
- The first, and initially visible, page of a publication
Congratulations, Dave, you made the front page.''.
- front pages
- plural form of front page
- front ring
- The 12-foot diameter circle outermost in the house
- front room
- (British (formerly?)) A room, normally at the front of the house and kept unusually tidy, reserved for entertaining guests or for special occasions
- front room
- A living room
- front rooms
- plural form of front room
- front row
- The row of players who participate in a scrum with direct contact with the opposing scrum
- front row
- In an auditorium or sports venue, the line of side-by-side seats closest to the stage, playing field, or other location where the activity of interest is occurring
- front runner
- The most likely winners in a contest, election, etc
According to the media, she is the front-runner in the forthcoming election.
- front running
- Any practice of buying something the value of which is about to increase due to a future purchase by another, especially where the knowledge derives from a fiduciary relationship
- front running
- The practice of a stockbroker, when they receive a large client order, placing an order for their own account ahead of the client's, knowing when the client's is placed it will move the market and create a profit for the broker
- front running
- The practice of placing orders for a security on one's own account in advance of promoting or recommending it
- front vowel
- Any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth. Examples: "a" in “man” and "e" in “gel”
- front wall
- The main and largest wall in a racquetball or squash court, which the ball must hit in a rally
- front walls
- plural form of front wall
- front yard
- A yard to the front of a house or similar residence, typically having a lawn and often trees, shrubs, and/or flowers
- front yards
- plural form of front yard
- front-end
- Alternative form of front end
- front-end loader
- the scoop of a front-end loader
- front-end loader
- a kind of four-wheeled tractor, often yellow, used in construction, which has a one-man cabin and a large scoop at the front which can be used to dig up dirt or other material
- front-line
- Alternative spelling of front line
- front-organization
- Attributive form of front organization, noun
If we're going to hide effectively, we've got to get rid of this front-organization mentality.
- front-runner
- Alternative spelling of front runner
- front-running
- Alternative spelling of front running
- front-wheel drive
- Engine layout in motor vehicles where only the front wheels are driven
- front line
- Someone who is in the front line has to play a very important part in defending or achieving something. Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies
- front line
- Musicians appearing directly in front of the audience, not blocked from view by another row of musicians This designation is sometimes used to separate hornmen (because they stand in front of a combo) from accompanists (who usually appear to the rear of the hornmen) Search Google com for Front line
- front desk
- The registration and reception desk in a hotel or large organization
- front end
- Of or relating to the forward parts of a vehicle: a front-end alignment
- front end
- Of or relating to the initial phase of a project: a front-end investment
- front line
- a.) a military line formed by the most advanced tactical combat. b.) an area of potential or actual conflict or struggle
- front line
- the most advanced, responsible, or visible position in a field or activity
- front side bus
- (Bilgisayar) In personal computers, the front side bus (FSB) is the bus that carries data between the CPU and the northbridge
- front to front
- one frontal section facing another
- fronting
- A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word
- fronting
- An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language
- fronted
- {a} made with or having a front, opposed
- front row
- first row
- The front
- fore
- To the front
- omote
- front cover
- front outer covering (of a book, magazine, etc.)
- front desk
- reception desk, guest registration desk at a hotel
- front desk
- the desk where visitors go when they arrive at a hotel or organization
- front door
- The front door of a house or other building is the main door, which is usually in the wall that faces a street. the main entrance door to a house, at the front back door
- front door
- exterior door (at the entrance) at the front of a building
- front door
- entrance door, main entrance
- front end
- A modular package containing a radio-frequency (r f ) amplifier and any associated cryogenic systems, routers and converters (mixers), whose input is the voltage from a receptor and whose output is an intermediate-frequency (i f ) signal In some antenna systems, a feed and associated receptors are also packaged with a front end module, in an integrated front end box See also local oscillator
- front end
- In a client/server application, front end refers to the part of the program carried out on the client computer
- front end
- In a computer network, this specialized pre-processor relieves a host computer of a task such as line control, message handling, code conversion, or error control "'Front end" could also refer to a specific system that is placed in front of another system, such as a voice prompting unit in front of a PBX-ACD unit
- front end
- The returns that come in as a result of a mailing, TV promo etc This may be paid or unpaid, but does not determine the end results
- front end
- In the client/server model, the front-end part refers to the client side; it's where the user views and interacts with information from a server; for the Web, browsers provide the front end that communicates with Web servers on the back end FTP (File Transfer Protocol): The common procedure used for downloading and uploading files over the Internet With FTP you can login to another Internet site and transfer (meaning, send or receive) files Some sites have public file archives that you can access by using FTP with the account name "anonymous" and your e-mail address as the password This type of access is called anonymous FTP Macintosh owners use a program called Fetch; one of the best FTP programs for Windows is called WS-FTP
- front end
- The first radio-frequency amplifier stage in a receiver One of the most critical components of the receiver because the sensitivity of the front end dictates the sensitivity of the entire receiver
- front end
- part of a program which is responsible for the user interface
- front end
- The RF input stages of a receiver
- front end
- The user interface that appears on a Web page and allows a visitor to the site to interact with dynamic features, including databases, shopping cart programs, and online purchase processing software
- front end
- The client part of a client/server application that requests services across a network from a server, or back end It typically provides an interactive interface to the user, for example, a data entry front end, allowing data to be entered into a server through the use of SQL
- front end
- When used with database management systems, an application, a window, or a set of windows by which the user may access and view database records, as well as add to or edit them
- front end
- The part of the store devoted to the checkouts
- front end
- Front end refers to all the hardware and software - the scanner and computer workstation up to but not including the output device
- front end
- the side that is forward or prominent
- front end
- In semiconductor manufacturing, the fabrication process in which the integrated circuit is formed in and on the wafer Compare back end
- front end
- A user interface which facilitates communication with another computer, or the working aspect of an application
- front end
- The client interface In other words, the "front" side of a client-server application that directly communicates with the user
- front end
- often refers to the early stages of C++ compilation, such as parsing and semantic analysis
- front end
- The part of a software program that a user sees and interacts with The front end has to be carefully designed to be clear and straightforward to use
- front end
- The RF input stages of a receiver Back to top GaAsFET A type of low noise RF transistor sometimes used in wireless microphone receivers
- front end
- An area of the vehicle which includes the front bumper, grille, hood, fenders and headlamps
- front end
- In Komag's manufacturing process, the front end is the initial process that includes the sizing and polishing of substrates, and the subsequent nickel plating and polishing of such substrates
- front end
- The part of an application users see and interact with It can contain user interface elements as well as code
- front line
- A casino term for Pass Line
- front line
- The front line is the place where two opposing armies are facing each other and where fighting is going on. a massive concentration of soldiers on the front line
- front line
- Refers to the Pass Line
- front line
- boundary between two different positions (in a war, politics, etc.)
- front line
- An Australian Customs initiative whereby the ACS forms partnerships with approved importers, customs brokers, shipping companies and the like to jointly detect and report smuggling, especially narcotics and other dangerous goods, false declarations, etc
- front line
- the line along which opposing armies face each other
- front line
- A front line state shares a border with a country that it is at war with or is in conflict with. the front-line states bordering South Africa
- front office
- The activities carried out by the dealer , normal trading activities
- front office
- Refers to revenue generating sales personnel in a brokerage, insurance, or other financial services operation
- front office
- A merchant's system containing a store and its contents It generates electronic offers, and validates electronic receipts See also back office
- front office
- The executive or policymaking officers of an organization. the people in a business who manage things or who deal directly with the public back office
- front office
- The functions of an organization that interact on a daily or normal basis with outside entities such as customers and prospects
- front office
- adj Referring to those activities that take place with customers or the general public See also back office
- front office
- Term used to identify brokerage industry personnel who deal directly with the public, such as sales and trading personnel
- front office
- The activities carried out by the dealer, normal trading activities
- front office
- All the (usually physical) locations where customers are able to gain access to a supplier's products and services, such as travel agencies, bank branches and insurance brokers
- front page
- A WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor for designing and maintaining web pages Front Page Server Extension Support In order to use a site designed with Front Page, the virtual server you have must support the appropriate server extensions
- front page
- a Web editor software program included as part of the Microsoft Office package It is available for use by the I D Weeks community from computers on the 1st floor - Computer Workstations and in TLC (Technology Literacy Center) on the 2nd floor
- front page
- (Microsoft web authoring program Hidden Tips for using Front Page or Front Page 2000 tutorial (ACTDEN)
- front page
- An odd-numbered ordinal page
- front page
- Another wonderful Microsoft© product This is a WYSIWYG editor That reads: What You See Is What You Get Front Page is software built for web publishing and it allows HTML 'programmers' a visual way of creating web documents It has fairly decent capabilities for building those nasty, but essential tables It also allows users to FTP documents to a web server, which is actually when you can view your creation on the web
- front page
- A Microsoft web page authoring package that allows viewing of web site links and creation of web pages without having to know HTML
- front page
- An Editor program designed to facilitate the design of a Webpage for the Internet Also sometimes refereed to as the first page of a Website
- front page
- first page (of a newspaper, etc.); of consequence, important, newsworthy
- front page
- Front Page is an HTML editor made by Microsoft It is commonly used to create web pages
- front page
- head page
- front room
- the main room in a house where you usually sit = living room
- front room
- a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
- fronted
- past of front
- fronted
- Formed with a front; drawn up in line
- fronting
- An Insider who has control of the body is said to be Fronting
- fronting
- A defensive tactic where the player stands between the thrower and receiver, facing the receiver Can be broken by the German
- fronting
- defensive positioning whereby the hole guard gets in the passing lane (between the ball and the hold set), thereby preventing the hole set from receiving a pass
- fronting
- A procedure in which a primary insurer acts as the insurer of record by issuing a policy, but then passes the entire risk to a reinsurer in exchange for a commission Often, the fronting insurer is licensed to do business in a state or country where the risk is located, but the reinsurer is not The reinsurer in this scenario is often a captive or an independent insurance company that cannot sell insurance directly in a particular country
- fronting
- present participle of front
- fronting
- - Most commonly refers to the practice of a non-admitted insurer (or an insured with a captive insurance company) contracting with a licensed insurer to issue an insurance policy for regulatory or certification purposes
- fronting
- The practice, in reinsurance, of the ceding company retaining only a small portion of a risk and ceding the remainder to a reinsurer
- fronting
- Most commonly refers to the practice of a non-admitted insurer (or an insured with a captive insurance company) contracting with a licensed insurer to issue an insurance policy for regulatory or certification purposes
- fronting
- An agreement whereby one insurance company issues a policy for a second insurance company in return for a fee
- fronting
- Arrangements by which an authorized insurer, for a specified fee or premium, issues its policies to cover certain risks underwritten or otherwise managed by unauthorized insurers and then transfers all, or substantially all, of its liability to such unauthorized insurers by means of reinsurance
- fronting
- Defensive positioning whereby the hole guard gets in the passing lane (between the ball and the hole set), thereby preventing the hole set from receiving a pass
- fronting
- Usually signifies abutting, adjoining, or bordering on, depending on the context Land abutting on a highway, river, seashore or the like The land extending along a road, street, river, canal or ocean The term, as used in statutes relating to assessments for improvements, indicates that there is no intervening land
- fronts
- plural of front