front
part of speech
noun (the front, fronts); adjective
meaning for a pupil
1) The front is the part that is first or ahead of the rest. tree →
2) The front of a thing is the side that faces forward or that you see first: the front of a house. tree →
3) In front of means just before or ahead of someone or something. tree →
4) In weather, a front is where warm and cold air meet. tree →
sense 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 →
- Anna is the 6th from the front. tree →
- There are 4 cars in front of the bus. tree →
- Sit at the front so you can see the board. tree →
- Our front door is red. tree →
- Put your name on the front of the book. tree →
- Don't walk in front of the swings. tree →
- A cold front brings rain. tree →
- His road lay in front of a graveyard. tree →
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 the corpora
- Example: in a house in Brisbane, a "For Sale" board goes up out the front.
- Picture a small church in Wellington: at the front stands a long wooden box covered in flowers, the coffin.
- A public apology is judged by what the person does next; saying sorry in front of millions is hard.
- Orchestras usually seat the quieter strings at the front and the louder brass and percussion at the back, to balance the sound.
- Owl wing feathers have comb-like front edges, soft fringes and a velvety surface that muffle the sound of flying.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «front» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.