Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The foremost part or area.
- n. The position of most importance, prominence, or responsibility; the vanguard: in the forefront of the liberation movement. Also called foreground.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The foremost part or place: as; the forefront of a building, or of a, battle.
- n. The forehead.
- To build or add a forefront to.
- In front.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Foremost part or place.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the part in the front or nearest the viewer
- n. the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
Etymologies
- From fore- + front. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“At the forefront is his determination to show his competitors — and their coaches — something new, because his racing tendencies had become as familiar as his trademark soul patch.”
It's showtime for Apolo Anton Ohno at his third Winter Games
“The answers we receive from current volunteers as well as our Chadian teachers (here at training) are varied, but usually follow these lines: The government has made English part of the curriculum for a number of reasons, but at the forefront is the "great goopy hope", the oil fields in the south.”
“The one aspect of all this that we should keep in the forefront is that a major effect of the growth of government is this: it enables an expansion in the depth and breadth of rent-seeking activities generally.”
Higher Education Lobby, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“And when I do that, the question that keeps rushing to the forefront is this one ...”
“In the forefront is Sam Reaves, an unassuming novelist of many accomplishments.”
“In the forefront is steel, playing a leading role in the advancement of Canada's economic interests and constantly alert to opportunities to enlarge its usefulness.”
“Alex: Yeah I don't think we think about the "forefront" - ness or history of it at all too much - it's just very exciting and gratifying that people are listening to and writing about and caring about or music in the first place.”
“Under the argument that states need to protect themselves against voter fraud, Republicans are making a unified push for election reform, and at the forefront is the campaign for implementing and strengthening voter ID requirements.”
The Huffington Post: Victoria Coats: Protecting Or Suppressing The Vote?
“As it is, these final few episodes are likely to have an active Echo in the forefront, which is absolutely fantastic.”
‘Dollhouse’ Episode 2.07 & 2.08 Recaps: ‘Meet Jane Doe’ & ‘A Love Supreme’ » MTV Movies Blog
“In the forefront was a girl in her early twenties dressed in earthy colours.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘forefront’.
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Fore!
That great old English prefix, quaint almost by default!
foredoom, forename, foretoken, foremast, forebear, foresee, forecastle, forestay, foreskin, foretell, foreshadow, foreclose and 79 more...
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amy's GRE 2012
gimmicks, kowtow, unpretentious, skeptical, cynical, somber, prevaricate, equivocate, requisite, embellish, impregnable, procrastinate and 307 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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Front and Back
backchat, backbone, backpack, backhoe, backfire, backhanded, breakfront, beachfront, drawback, effrontery, frontier, switchback and 196 more...
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