Word Finder - fronting

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To face (on, to); to be pointed in a given direction.

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To face, be opposite to.

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To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.

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To adorn the front of; to put on the front.

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To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.

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To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence.

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To act as a front (for); to cover (for).

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To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).

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To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.

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To assume false or disingenuous appearances.

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To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).

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To appear before.

example

to front court

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A process whereby a vowel or a consonant is pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract than some reference point.

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A phonological relationship where a front vowel is found in place of a relative back vowel in an inflected form of a word.

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An analogous relationship between the vowel sounds in a dialect of a language relative to the language standard or an earlier form of the language.

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The movement of a word of phrase to nearer the beginning of a sentence or clause than it would usually appear, often for emphasis. May also occur as part of the standard syntax of particular constructions (e.g. wh-fronting).

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An act of putting on a false façade to impress people.