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# front

«front» in Mova's school dictionary: **the part that is first or ahead of the rest** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the front, fronts); adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) The front is the part that is first or ahead of the rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#m1)

2) The front of a thing is the side that faces forward or that you see first: the front of a house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#m2)

3) In front of means just before or ahead of someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#m3)

4) In weather, a front is where warm and cold air meet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

the start of a line; those «in front of» someone are before them; the front of a book is its cover; phrases: «in front of», «at the front», «front door», «front page», «from the front»

### examples

- How many people are in front of him? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x1)
- Anna is the 6th from the front. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x2)
- There are 4 cars in front of the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x3)
- Sit at the front so you can see the board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x4)
- Our front door is red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x5)
- Put your name on the front of the book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x6)
- Don't walk in front of the swings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x7)
- A cold front brings rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x8)
- His road lay in front of a graveyard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#x9)

### note

The Kth from the front has K − 1 people in front. Trap: «in front of» does not count the person. The opposite of front is back.

### In the corpora

- [Example: in a house in Brisbane, a "For Sale" board goes up out the front.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/4/)
- [Picture a small church in Wellington: at the front stands a long wooden box covered in flowers, the coffin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/25-funerals-and-remembering/2/)
- [A public apology is judged by what the person does next; saying sorry in front of millions is hard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/53-breakfast-and-chat-shows-celebrity-gossip-on-the-sofa/20/)
- [Orchestras usually seat the quieter strings at the front and the louder brass and percussion at the back, to balance the sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/12/)
- [Owl wing feathers have comb-like front edges, soft fringes and a velvety surface that muffle the sound of flying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/34-birds-of-prey-and-owls/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «front» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.