Kilo Lingo

/frʌnt/

Line drawing of front
Coloured illustration of front
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Translation

The side of something that people see first, or the part that faces forward.

Word origin

From Latin frons, frontis, meaning forehead, which came to mean the front of anything.

Origin
Latin
Root
frons
English cognates
frontier, confront

Grammar

Gender
Pluralfronts

Examples

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"Front" is the side you see from the road.

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"In front of" tells you where something is.

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Here "front" is the part nearest the teacher.

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This word is part of lesson 10.