FRONTER - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

(meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a sphere of activity involving effort

Example: the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front; they advertise on many different fronts

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

the side that is seen or that goes first

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

the outward appearance of a person

Example: he put up a bold front

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals

Example: he was a charter member of the movement; politicians have to respect a mass movement; he led the national liberation front

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Noun

the side that is forward or prominent

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Noun

the line along which opposing armies face each other

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Noun

the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer

Example: he walked to the front of the stage

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Noun

the immediate proximity of someone or something

Example: she blushed in his presence; he sensed the presence of danger; he was well behaved in front of company

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Verb

confront bodily

Example: breast the storm

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point

Example: be opposite to; The house looks north; My backyard look onto the pond; The building faces the park