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A group or movement uniting various individuals or organizations for the achievement of a common purpose; a coalition.
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A nominal leader lacking in real authority; a figurehead.
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A position of leadership or superiority.
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A promenade along the water at a resort.
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idiom
Front and center In the most prominent position.
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verb-transitive
Informal To provide before payment: "In . . . personal liability suits, a lawyer is fronting both time and money” ( Richard Faille).
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Linguistics To cause (a vowel) to be pronounced farther toward the front of the oral cavity.
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Linguistics To move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a clause or sentence, typically for emphasis or contrast.
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Music To lead (a group of musicians): "Goodman . . . became the first major white bandleader to front an integrated group” ( Bill Barol).
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To look out on; face: a house that fronts the ocean.
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adjective
Linguistics Designating vowels produced at or toward the front of the oral cavity, such as the vowels of green and get.
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Of, relating to, aimed at, or located in the front: the front lines; the front row; front property on Lake Tahoe.
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Of, relating to, or situated at the front.
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Acting as a front.
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Articulated at or toward the front of the oral passage.
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verb-intransitive
To have a front; face onto something else: Her property fronts on the highway.
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To provide an apparently respectable cover for secret or illegal activities: fronting for organized crime.
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