front

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈfrʌnt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/frʌnt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(frunt)

Collocations for "front"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "front" in context.

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front

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the front of the [house, building, book, CD]
  2. [let me see, show me] the front
  3. in the front of the [house, school]
  4. is out in the front
  5. like to [sit, ride] in the front
  6. spilled [wine, tomato sauce] down my front
  7. is a [cold, warm] front moving in
  8. a military front
  9. [retreated from, gathered at] the front
  10. the front is moving [forward, backward]
  11. the front is [advancing, retreating]
  12. [attacking, winning, losing] on all fronts
  13. updates on the [business, family, weather, work] front
  14. is (just) a front for [gamblers, gangsters, dealers]
  15. kept a [calm, cool, controlled] front throughout
  16. UK: he's all front
  17. UK: you've got a lot of front (saying that)!
v
  1. the [house, window, building] fronts the [street]
  2. fronted the [street, lake, skyline]
  3. front a [house, building] (with stone)
  4. the [shop, restaurant] fronts for [a drugs ring, the mob]
  5. fronted (me) the [credit, money, cash]
  6. front (him) the [credit] for
  7. front the [credit] to
adj
  1. the front [seat, row, cover, lawn, view]
  2. the [cat's, horse's] front [leg, paw]
  3. a front [business, operation]
additional examples
  1. the [house, window, building] fronts the [street]
  2. the front of the [house, building, book, CD]
  3. the front [seat, row, cover, lawn, view]
  4. fronted the [street, lake, skyline]
  5. [let me see, show me] the front
  6. the [cat's, horse's] front [leg, paw]
  7. front a [house, building] (with stone)
  8. in the front of the [house, school]
  9. a front [business, operation]
  10. the [shop, restaurant] fronts for [a drugs ring, the mob]
  11. is out in the front
  12. they were [sitting, queueing, arguing] in front of me
  13. fronted (me) the [credit, money, cash]
  14. like to [sit, ride] in the front
  15. in front of [my house, his office, the hotel]
  16. front (him) the [credit] for
  17. spilled [wine, tomato sauce] down my front
  18. [pay, make a payment, sit] up front
  19. front the [credit] to
  20. is a [cold, warm] front moving in
  21. the [person, car, row] in front
  22. a military front
  23. let's [meet, talk] out front
  24. [retreated from, gathered at] the front
  25. the front is moving [forward, backward]
  26. the front is [advancing, retreating]
  27. [attacking, winning, losing] on all fronts
  28. updates on the [business, family, weather, work] front
  29. is (just) a front for [gamblers, gangsters, dealers]
  30. kept a [calm, cool, controlled] front throughout
  31. UK: he's all front
  32. UK: you've got a lot of front (saying that)!
'front' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
TV - affectionate - altar - area - armchair - article - asleep - audience - axle - badly - balcony - beach - blazing - blouse - board - both - bulge - butt - carry-on - cash - cinema - clad - confident - correct - cover - crank - crawl - crouch - crowd - cuff - curse - daily - dangle - dart - decent - dent - desk - directly - display - door - drive - dye - east - eastern - elbow - embarrass - embarrassed - enter - entrance - entry

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