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# front

noun (the front, fronts); adjective

«front» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The front is the part that is first or ahead of the rest. [tree →](https://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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/#m4)

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

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

- And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. (Torah NUM.16.43, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x1)
- And they journeyed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, in front of Nebo. (Torah NUM.33.47, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x2)
- And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead-bald; yet is he clean. (Torah LEV.13.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x3)
- And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt. (Prophets 1SA.15.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x4)
- The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba. (Prophets 1SA.14.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x5)
- even to the front of the length of a hundred cubits, with the door on the north, and the breadth of fifty cubits, (Prophets EZK.42.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «front» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/front/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«front» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/front.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «front» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/front/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«front» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/front.html) on Mova free.